[b]“Would you like a drink?” [/b]

Collin glanced sideways at the question. Lily Martin stood near him, her small hands holding a glass filled with the unmistakably brown liquid of whiskey. Or rum maybe, Collin wasn’t sure what kind of drinker Taggart was. At her question he wordlessly reached over, and grabbed the bottle from where it was sitting next to her. Disregarding the glasses that were strewn about the counter, he held his cigarette between his index and middle finger of his right hand and brought the neck to his lips. The liquid burned as it passed his throat, warming its way down to his stomach were it settled and gave off a steady heat. 

Yep, definitely whiskey. He swallowed another swig and set the bottle next to him, taking another pull on his cigarette before ashing in the tray. He blew the smoke out slowly, letting it curl around his face and the brim of his hat as he listened to Kennedy speak. The man briefly mentioned his past, and Collin kept his face impassive as he listened. 

You can learn a lot about people by just sitting there watching and listening. He could tell Kennedy was trying to be sociable, as well as Miss Martin, but he frankly didn’t care too much about anyone’s backstory. He knew enough from their files anyway. Lily Martin, Cuban, 5 feet tall and about 100 pounds soaking wet. She had martial arts training, though the file had been pretty vague concerning her actual work experience. While he was curious to the reason she was here amongst the likes of himself and Kennedy, who both had long histories of police or military work behind them, he knew from reading the other members that there was some reason Taggart had selected her. As with all of them.

He glanced her way again, pulling on his cigarette and letting the ember glow hot and bright against his face. [color=00a651][b]“Thanks,”[/b][/color] he said in a rough voice, the Bostonian twang still evident even after years of living south of the city. He turned back to the bottle, taking another drink and listening to Hobbes making small talk with some of the other guests.