What was even more absurd was that when Kieran Kerr got out of the car, he saw a colleague he had just met that morning get out of the driver's seat of the car behind them. The man hurried past him and began speaking with the driver.
Kieran Kerr didn't speak the language of Smaragdia well, but he could still understand a few simple words.
Kieran stood to the side and listened silently for a moment, piecing together fragments of their conversation.
The gist of it was that the translator's brakes had failed, and he had accidentally hit their taxi.
It wasn't intentional, but he would fully compensate the driver for the damages and offer him an extra sum of money to see if he'd be willing to settle things privately.
When the driver heard the offer of money, his temper cooled somewhat, and he stopped looking so vicious.
After some haggling, the two finally agreed on a reasonable sum.
