<div class="floatright">(http://www.elfpack.com/stuff/blonde-girl.jpg?jpg=y)</div><br/>When the waitress was away getting drink orders, the blond mage girl recovered enough composure from the earlier teasing to think clearly.  “Ogrin, do you know everyone?  I’m Lace,” she pointed around the room, “These are Akiko, Billy, Princess, Smiley, and Sonja.  Thank you for the offer.  Maybe that would be a good place to go to do some matrix work?”<br/>Lace observed the bodyguard images, noting that one of the two couples had already field out and the other were winding down their meal.  “Oh…” she bit her lower lip.  “I didn’t think to do anything like that here.  I could have checked the astral.”<br/>“I’ll be most useful if I can do some conjuring before we get serious.  That’s best done at home.  I can help with data searches if you like, but Smiley and Princess are way above my level on even that in the matrix.”<br/>