Sass watched Tyven's reaction with some slight amusement. She'd been expecting a smart retort. Maybe some back talk. Instead, he retreated to the back of the room like a dog with its tail between its legs. She shook her head in amusement, and turned her attention to everyone's introductions. The tall girl was Anarcho; a fitting name indeed, as Free commented. And the other man was Gray. As soon as her mentioned his old name was compromised, the hope in Sass's mind lit up once more, accompanied by an awful and tempting certainty. This had to be Kraut. She was sure now. Which left the man now standing at the back of the room to be Jager. She had everyone’s name. 

Gray asked if they were leaving soon, and Relic confirmed it. Sass doubled the confirmation with a nod, shrugging off her backpack. “Yeah, we’ll be leaving real soon. I used to have a guy who’d get into the CCTV system and help keep us off the cameras…” she trailed off as she unzipped her bag, realizing she may be giving away too much. Only Gray would know she was talking about Data. She shrugged. “Still working at finding a new tech guy for the team.” 

Her backpack open, she pulled out several sheets of paper. Job commissions. Each sheet featured a description of what the client wanted. Some were detailed, stating the exact image, others were vaguer. They ranged from reputable, jobs for shops and businesses, to…less so; advertisements for prostitutes or drug dealers. “I do still got contact with a lot of people I used to work with, though. Which means lotsa jobs,” she said, the proud smile beneath her mask reaching to her unobscured eyes. “I figure I’ll send you all off in pairs, cover a lot of the city that way.”

She glanced around the room. It was clear that some people already knew each other. Clarion and Dodger, for example, were familiar with each other. She pointed a finger at each of them, the stack of painting commissions still held in her hand. “You two’ll make a good team,” she said. 

Remembering Free’s offer to let Anarcho stay at his place, she pointed to each of them next. “If you two are gonna have a sleepover, might as well go spraying together first.”

That left Gray, Jager, and Nate. Sass knew who she wanted to hit the streets with. Pairing herself up with Gray would partially be for the need of familiarity. It was her first night Spraying in months, assuming she didn’t count the X’s she had tagged everyone’s work with. But mostly, she wanted to find out how he’d gotten out. Sass had watched the authorities of Northgate take Kraut, seen it over her shoulder as she sprinted away. 

She looked to Jager. “You’ll team up with Relic. He don’t paint, but he’ll be a good lookout,” she told him. Looking at Gray, she continued. “Gray, you’re with me.”

 “If no one’s got any problems with those pairs, speak up now.” Sass held out the stack of papers, offering them to all of the Sprayers in the room. Though she appeared confident as ever, there was perhaps the slightest hint of worry in her voice. Even though she'd just met these people, they were now her team, and she felt responsibility for them. For their lives, for their safety. “If one of you paints, the other can stand guard. Stay safe, stay on your guard. I don't wanna hear about any problems with the law the first night we hit the streets."