Chesh wasn't sure how much of Mari's words were supposed to be taken seriously at this point. The Mari he knew had almost never talked about her parents, and out of respect for another person's secrets he hadn't gone digging. Regardless...<br/><br/>"Well your mother seems like a wise women then." Cheshire said as the drinks came out. He normally got a much stronger coffee himself, usually to counter act the late nights he seemed to have for his job, so when they came up, he switched cups with Mari, taking the sweeter one and allowing her the expresso. "But I was always taught to give a lady what she wants."<br/><br/>He motioned to a seat and then, because he needed to keep her somewhere where he could keep an eye on her, and because they really didn't know much about how Mari was when she had a forgetting day, he decided to dig a little.<br/><br/>"So, what bring's you all the way out here? A long way from the club, if you don't mind me saying so."<br/><br/>________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>In the alleyway, White hesitated, not sure what to do. He knew the he wasn't all the popular with Dumas, he was fairly used to the negativity that came along with his background and mannerisms, but he had always trusted the man never the less with his safety implicitly. Dumas may have seemed distant, intimidating even, but it was the same kind of intimidating a gun had. So long as it wasn't pointing at you, it was all right.<br/><br/>Suddenly the man near White's feet sprang into motion, apparently having already recovered and waited for the right moment to attack White and gain a hostage. What he didn't know was that it was the wrong person. Out of sheer reflex, White's stun baton whipped up, pegging the attacker first in the thigh, then in the left arm, and then in the neck. White's baton was smaller then Dumas's, but with all the same umph and much more speed. White elegantly side stepped as the attacker bunched up and fell past him again. White blinked in disbelief.<br/><br/>"Well..." He said, mildly flustered, "I guess I'll have to believe you seeing as I am now your accomplice."