"Hiya, Lexi ba'e." Neo took the handshake when she offered it to him. Neo forgot to introduce himself to the blonde clerk, but he himself didn't particularly care about formalities after all. "You can call me Neo, or Cap'n Candy Floss. Yo' choice, just fo' you."<br/><br/>She then cleared her throat and began to explain the origins of the rumbling sound in the sky of Seattle. Needless to say, no average person in the city had any clear idea of why it occurs from time to time, if her explanation is any indication of it. She simply reiterated the various speculations of other people. If anything else, Rattus took this as a hint of the fears that the Jones Cartel had and, even if it did not show on his face, this terrified the arms dealer to some extent.<br/><br/>As Lexi shifted the discussion to the matters at hand, she mentioned that Neo was an exemption to the people who declined to see the skulls at the back room when the offer came up. She also said something about Sid, the shop owner, not usually reacting suspiciously about matters concerning the store's merchandise, namely the skeletons stored in the back room. Neo only found himself more curious about what was unfolding right before him, while Yukina felt afraid, not only for herself, but also the safety of everyone in the table.<br/><br/>Again, Lexi shifted the conversation to the crab cakes she ordered and how much she liked them, until Sid decided to intervene and have everyone move to the seating by the balcony's rail. The already shady aura of the whole scene only intensified when the lights slowly went out in the whole place, and the trio followed Lexi by the rail seats.<br/><br/>Sid, then, finally threw the big question to Neo of why he want to see the skulls at the back room of the store.<br/><br/>Neo, in response, only pulled out a stick of Lucky Strike from his leather jacket and placed it on his lips. He then flicked his fingers and a small spit of flame appeared from the gaps between his fingers, which he then used to light up the cigarette stick.<br/><br/>He then answered, "Because I'm an alchemist, asshole. Okay, I'm also a fuckin' magus too, but I'm shitty at actually using magecraft, so I'm really an alchemist motherfucker because that's where I'm good at. I'm not supposed to tell anyone about magi and shit because those dipshits like to think that they could keep it a secret from the whole fuckin' world, but I don't do that shit, man." Neo felt neutral the whole time that he answering Sid's question.<br/><br/>"Why, you might fuckin' ask?" Neo went on, "Because my pops know that's bullshit, so he didn't care if I told it to everyone. I'm a punk, so fuck secrecy. Is that enough on an answer, huh?"