<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color:#050505; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#101010; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">"Can't claim it's a habit of mine, no," Victor replied. He drained his glass and motioned to Hodge for another one. "But it's also not all that commonplace to stumble upon women in places such as that alley. Leastways not women who don't have business being there."<br/><br/>Their glasses refilled, Victor too leant back into his chair, steepling his fingers. It wasn't hard to figure out that this woman was hiding something, but he didn't know whether it was really worth pursuing yet. Still, it made him think. She called herself a lady, but did not act like or particularly look like one. He also could not recall hearing the name 'Summers'; no mentions of business exploits. Were she using a false identity? None had survived, to his knowledge. She avoided his questions, but had still accepted his earlier interference and a drink. If that were the case, she couldn't be too worried about being found out.<br/><br/>"What do you spend all your time on then, lady Summers, when you're not getting tailed by strange men?" Victor asked, politely interested. "Or maybe that is all you do, in the hopes of being invited into gentlemen's clubs<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">1</span></span> where women typically aren't allowed? Are you just looking for that taste of adventure? No family reputation to think of?" His gray eyes glittered in the low light.</div><div style="background-color:#202020; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Notes:</span> <span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">1</span></span>Very different from a gentleman's club. <a class="postlink" href="https://soundcloud.com/disparition/heart-of-stone">Music</a>.</span></div></div></div>