"Authentic and original. You know I'm a true admirer, Apollo. I'd guess that only Master Voss is truer." She smiled broadly in full sincerity. "I feel so fortunate that You and Master Voss have each other, because that means I get the both of you as well. In an odd way, it's like having the best family the world could ever offer. And I know you do adore Sebak, but he doesn't appreciate you like I do." She leaned in close to him resting her head on his shoulder. "But then again, I know he's just a morsel for you and that his resistance only drives your ambition harder. And later I can send the boy to let you know when Mr. Wilde gets back in. He's probably gone to the fair. He seems quite enthusiastic about it." She pondered for a moment as a good mystery always nagged her attention. "That's something that seems odd about someone having made a ghoul of him; he's so lively and social and active. I suppose many of yours are like that though, and maybe the Malkavian had a bit of a crazy moment because he was quite the opposite of Wilde." She shrugged. It was all conjecture to dish about. "I'll send word as soon as I see him return and you can see for yourself."<br/><br/>As much as it was evident that she wanted to stay, Sallie knew she had to be up and away to her own business. If indeed there was a possibility of some kind of strange happenings going on under Master Voss' roof, she needed all the evidence and clues she could get her hands on. With Wilde away for the afternoon, she could go through the room on a detailed search for anything suspicious; not to mention, she could make sure everything was ready for Apollo's visit. "Now, I must pry myself away from you, Apollo, or I'll never get anything done and there'll be no meeting tonight! I will send word immediately when Wilde returns. Hopefully the name holds portent!"<br/><br/>___<br/><br/>For once in the whole time since meeting Andrew, Lee began to feel a compass forming. Direction was being assembled from information as Andrew began to reveal and explain more and more to him. The grappling with the situation and ideas was becoming easier as it fell more neatly into place. There seemed to be less tension between then and he felt more at ease to simply state his perceptions and questions. "An apprentice, eh?" He lighted from the carriage behind  Andrew and turned once again to try and get a look at the driver. The man at the reigns had concealed himself well and at most Lee could make out a hunch of his back and some distortion to the way his limbs hung.<br/><br/>He followed up close behind Andrew looking every bit apprehensive as it became apparent they'd be descending into the sewers. He would have kept talking, as it had become well known that he was oft to do, but the stench rising from the underground was overwhelming and he was forced to cover his nose and mouth with his handkerchief. The further down they got, the thicker the stench and the darkness became. "Good gods, Andrew, this is ten times ranker than any corpse I've dug up in my life. Except for maybe Fran Dreyer. Didn't know she died of a gut malady and when I popped that box, I thought I was going to pass out right into it. I almost swore off my career that night..." Lee's recounting was muffled through the cloth he dare not remove from his face or risk heaving right there. When he felt Andrews gloved hand, he graciously took it. He understood now why the man had worn gloves and wished he would have passed on the memo. "Thank you. Can you actually see down here, because I can't see a lick of nothin' but black. Is that part of the change? Heightened senses...except smell. You said you couldn't smell anything....can you taste?" Questions were finally being able to find a foothold and pour forth though he suspected soon that Andrew would hiss at him or something to get him to shut up. The silence of the sewers seem to amplify everything being said and maybe that wasn't necessarily something Andrew wanted drifting about to be heard by anyone...who might be roaming around a Chicago sewer at night. Lee almost laughed at the thought that he was even having to think about something as utterly ridiculous as that sounded. But even if that wasn't the case, he had been in Andrew's company for over a half hour at least and was most certainly annoying the man somehow by this point.