[@ShadowVentus]

Maxie listened to Taka introduce himself while still petting the cats around her. Once she heard his own story on losing jobs, she smiled a little more, out of both amusement and relief that she wasn't alone in being unable to keep a job.
[color=8dc73f]"Heheh, well, Taka...I think if I hadn't had these...powers...and tried to get a job....I, uh...wouldn't have been fired for talking too much. P-probably the opposite...I, uh...I dunno if you can tell, but I have some pretty....crippling social anxiety." [/color]Maxie had stood back up to talk to him, but still couldn't find the power to make eye contact. She laughed a bit, bitterly. [color=8dc73f]"Striking up a conversation...w-with a taken girl, huh? Heh...I dunno. I think the time that...my cats followed me into the store...and clawed some customer in the face who was being a jerk to me...prooobably worse..."[/color]
Were they really having a pseudo-competition over who had the worst job experiences? Ah well, it didn't matter to Maxie either way. She hadn't talked to someone like this in forever, and for once she was actually mildly enjoying a conversation. That being said, it was probably partially due to the fact that Taka had powers too. If he didn't, Maxie might've already walked away, but the pull of that strange aura wouldn't let her now.