"I'll tell you," she said, quite certain now that she was on the correct path. It wasn't easy talking to Kathryn, she had a tendency to be the opposite of Lex, even if, direct at some times, very expositive while doing so.<br/><br/>"But, I'll remind you, that even if you are able to peer inside my mind, if you or anyone else ever does so, without my permission, I'll not take it kindly, meaning, of course, I'd kill them without hesitation..." she said. Perhaps it was her culture from birth, but she took her mental privacy very seriously. She had, in fact, killed several Rectoris for just such attempted infractions, even if, as an Elder herself she could do the same, she never did.<br/><br/>"I'm going to take the city," she said, bluntly. She remained quite still, not touching her drink, or looking away from Kathryn, her attention completely focused, which was rare, even at important moments.<br/><br/>"I don't care about power, I've never particularly desired control," she said, "but I do value leisure, and freedom, niether of which I could enjoy the way I wish to, were I to force the elders out of the city."<br/><br/>She paused a moment, wondering if Kathryn was caught up to her, and understood what she was proposing.<br/><br/>"I won't tell you my method for accomplishing my end, but I'll thank you for not asking," she said, in advance of the possibility that Kathryn would ask, "but I would like you to work with me...starting, of course, with the incorporation of our territories into one."<br/><br/>Lex smiled then, for the first time in the meeting. Kathryn might not have predicted her goal, but she'd seen the possibility. Of course, as a partner, Lex was not one that you might want if you expected to be more than equal in the partnership. Like Kathryn had said, not one of the Elders in the city had any leverage with her. There was very little to be had at all, were any of them to discover it. Even so, the usual methods of extracting cooperation were lost on her. Any sort of sexual scandal that might be attributed to her, she was more than willing to admit to gladly, and most anything else as well.<br/><br/>She looked away from Kathryn finally, to allow her the time to think. She did, however decide that it was an appropriate time to change her appearence. She generally kept her birth form, but she'd spent a few centuries here or there in others.<br/><br/>Her form seemed to burst into white whisps of smoke, though all of this seemed unnoticed by other patrons, and when she reformed she looked, well, much less out of place, but still quite noticable, even her black leather had changed, now white cloth.<br/><br/>(http://www.hairfinder.com/hairshows/hairdresser9.jpg)