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Or rather, he was given the task. Now, he no longer works in the employ of the Visipian Government. In fact, he's being actively hunted by them.
But maybe he could still wish to retrieve those goggles. Marga could attempt to strike a deal with him. For instance, there's something that she suspects is onboard the Lone Star and if he helps her to get it, she'll let him have the goggles. Of course, she'll go back on her word though, which will likely be hilarious :D
Alright, very good on that front. But I want a little bit more tension in there - or comedy. How about, when he was still tracking her for his government, she played the honey trap on him? Maybe to get information out of him about something she needed to steal. And then proceeded to steal the thing when he found out? Whether she succeeded or not doesn't matter to me. That gives them the sexual bit of the history anyway.