Leah and Grant both tuck their earnings away quickly, Leah only nodding a bit whilst Grant looks rather pleased with himself to have gotten paid when he hadn't expected to.<br/><br/>"That might be bad for business," Leah replied to Ferrus' question, politely leaving on the fact that she had little desire to see either of them in action. She moved away for a moment to grab some of same booze from before and set it on the table. "Like I said, I can just get you, or send someone to get you, when or if he comes in. You won't exactly be far away, and I'm sure Samuel won't go running off in the three seconds it'd take to go outside and tell you. He might even be able to tell you about those industrial chemicals. I've heard tell some folks experimented around with trying to incorporate those into drugs - or for other more sordid things. It's no secrete how handy quicklime is to a violent crook..."<br/><br/>"Samuel generally doesn't cause trouble," Grant added. "He's a quiet sort. Hardly even talks to anyone in the bar, the worst that happens is occasionally a junkie comes in here to find him for their fix or something.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>It was rare - very rare - that NIGHT cared to come out to the outskirts. But they had their reasons, and they had their fingers in various hidden projects throughout the city and the outskirts were no different. Which was why the monorail's cargo cars had been loaded with several large crates emblazoned with NIGHT's insignia and defended by a several squads of NIGHT's soldiers, though most were concentrated in the cargo car and the passenger cars nearest too it, every now and then a patrol would pass through the others to make sure they were secure and no known foes of NIGHT had gotten aboard.<br/><br/>NIGHT's soldiers were impossible to miss. If the various species of the world hadn't looked so different in shape, it'd be impossible to tell the soldiers apart. The head-to-toe black body armor, made of stab resistant cloth and kevlar fibers, covering ceramic ballistics inserts. It was strong armor - even it was bulky, and it gave little individuality to it's wearers. NIGHT prescribed to the theory of legions of faceless armored soldiers being intimidating, and it worked, for the most part.