<span style="color: #0080FF">“Well that was unexpected.”</span>Sam said drly with only a hint of exasperation as the sounds of sirens were slowly lost amongst the hum of the restaurant and the sounds of the city beyond.<span style="color: #0080FF">“Although maybe we shouldn’t be too surprised, with how the city is these days.”</span>Maybe Kira was too young to remember, Sam thought, but even in his youth Scarlet City was still seen as one of the more prosperous cities on this side of the country. Nowadays however, the news channels were never lacking fresh reports of violent crime, as well as a rocky economy which seemed to be sucking more and more people into poverty. Sam was grateful at least, that Scarlet City wasn’t experiencing the civil unrest that was sweeping through other parts of the nation, at least for now.<br/>As the two ate, Sam had to explain to a young waiter that their two conspicuous friends had been called away in an emergency. The food was good, and although Kira only picked at hers, Sam had never adapted to no longer eating like a powerlifter so his plate was clean in no time and he next turned to finishing Kira’s as she laughed at his rabid appetite.<br/><span style="color: #0080FF">“Not bad, but still some room for desert.”</span>He said with a satisfied smile while dramatically patting his stomach. Kira just rolled her eyes, having long since pulled out her phone while he ate. She was watching the live feed of the incident downtown. The huge bipedal lizard creature struck an agent that Kira didn’t recognise before making a break for it.<br/><span style="color: #0080FF">“So what do you think of Casey and Karina?”</span>Sam asked, slightly slouching back into his chair and taking a slug of water to wash down the meal.<br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“Yeah they seem pretty nice I guess, Karina seems really friendly.” </span><br/><span style="color: #0080FF">“I used to watch her fights back in the day before she retired, she was something.”</span>He said with admiration.<span style="color: #0080FF">“It’s a pity they started clamping down on supers in sports…” </span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“Such a pity I couldn’t pursue my dream sports career!”</span>Kira exclaimed sarcastically.