[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

[Colette Coeur]

John Black, Abby, Kurt Morgan
Very Old Man, Very Rattled Bastet, Sidhe 
Lady Sinclair's Mansion

> "That sounds fascinating." Morgan replied. "I'd have
> taken you for a military man John rather than a
> scholar, shows how wrong I can be it seems." he
> takes a sip of his drink while scanning the crowd.
> "An occult book shop? Far from mundane I'd say! But
> then anything Occult, hidden, is bound to stir the
> interest. Secrets and mysteries, we all have them
> after all. And we all want to know them. Take that
> group on the stairs for example. The men are
> partners in a governing body, yet each of them is a
> rival to his companions in the business arena.
> There’s enough secrets there to fill a few books I'd
> wager!"

John smiled, and his arm almost unconsciously came up
to the small of Abby's back, drawing her in slightly
closer. He didn't seem aware of the movement until
after he had done it.
   
  The Bastet girl leans against him, glad of the warmth, the Anchor he offered to the here-and-now.  The Other seems to recede at the contact.

"We're all full of surprises. A good soldier is one
who is also a scholar. I'm not talking about a
warrior-scholar of old, though I do have great respect
for such individuals, but it's important to realize
that war is a means to an end. It is not an end, in
and of itself. If we lose ourselves in such pursuits,
the victory is hollow."

He looked at the gentlemen Morgan had indicated. "Do
you think they realize that? Do the fight on their
battle field for a cause, or is the battle the actual
cause."

He turns to address Abby. "You're an excellent
watcher. What do you think of the "businessmen" we've
seen and met this evening?”
   
  “I’d guess most of them are on the Hunt, they only differ in their Prey. Money, Power, Dominance, slakin’ their Needs.” That last she knew all too well, She hadn’t spent this long in the Biz without learning the signs.  “And they don’t think about much past that.”
  Abby’s gazes under her lashes at the group on the stairs, using all her senses as well as the ones Morgan has awakened. So what’s your Game then Boys? The Cat in her Soul had served her well on the Street, recognizing the Predators.
  “I'll bet some do have grander plans. Those are the ones that bear watchin’.”
   
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