07-16-2018, 04:17 PM
Ivan visibly relaxed, enough that Ryker's defenses lowered in concert with the other man. All this trouble just because the kid could channel. If they were on equal footing, no sane man would think to stand up to him. Instead, without his own means to wield the power, he was defenseless as a newborn kitten. There had to be a way to change that.
In the meantime, talking his way through confrontations was going to have to work. Until such time as faster means were in his grasp. Perhaps there was something useful to come out of Yun Kao. She was a small fish, but not without teeth. If that bite could be harnessed, she could be worth all this trouble. Ivan might show him just how to do that. "It remains to be seen. Until an opportunity presents itself, we gather information. I have no interest in toppling her little pyramid of schemes only to run it myself, and if she were out of the picture, someone else, whom we know even less about, may fill the power vacuum in her place. We need to know what we want out of her before we set about trying to--"
He'd been ignoring the giggles and squeals of the drunk woman until she plowed into him. Ryker's drink sloshed over his hand as he stumbled, barely avoiding plowing into Ivan himself. "Fucking drunk bitch,"
he sneered, snaking his hand free of sticky droplets.
Cheeks hot with anger, he glared at the woman and sized up her date. He was pretty enough to be an ass for hire, and absolutely zero threat to him. Unless he was another surprising channeler compensating for what he lacked in physical skills.
In the meantime, talking his way through confrontations was going to have to work. Until such time as faster means were in his grasp. Perhaps there was something useful to come out of Yun Kao. She was a small fish, but not without teeth. If that bite could be harnessed, she could be worth all this trouble. Ivan might show him just how to do that. "It remains to be seen. Until an opportunity presents itself, we gather information. I have no interest in toppling her little pyramid of schemes only to run it myself, and if she were out of the picture, someone else, whom we know even less about, may fill the power vacuum in her place. We need to know what we want out of her before we set about trying to--"
He'd been ignoring the giggles and squeals of the drunk woman until she plowed into him. Ryker's drink sloshed over his hand as he stumbled, barely avoiding plowing into Ivan himself. "Fucking drunk bitch,"
he sneered, snaking his hand free of sticky droplets.
Cheeks hot with anger, he glared at the woman and sized up her date. He was pretty enough to be an ass for hire, and absolutely zero threat to him. Unless he was another surprising channeler compensating for what he lacked in physical skills.