Avani was leaned back in her chair with her hands behind her head, and her feet up on the table, when Kasai walked in. She opened one eye briefly to confirm it was Kasai, then closed it again. “Hope you didn’t have to see too much of that.” Avani said. “I figured I’d take advantage of the fact she was female. I imagine there’s still some who remembers the two of us. Now it’ll seem like you’re nothing special to me.” She smiled, and let Kasai do the talking she had clearly come to do. 

She did interrupt her at one point by laughing though. It wasn’t intentional. It was just difficult to suppress. Avani had told the pigs as much as she could without going into needless details, and they had found her at the gang’s hideout, but they still didn’t have anything to charge her with? That was true police competence for you. She should have tried getting away with murder or something. As long as it wasn’t one of their own that got killed, clearly they weren’t able to do anything. 

“I wouldn’t leave here and go back to my old life thinking I would be left alone. I’d probably be out of the city before sundown.” She answered when Kasai had stopped talking. “I’m not comfortable with being a snitch either, especially not after today. I told them I was leaving after a final job, and they’d probably find it suspicious if I became more active than I’ve ever been before after saying that.”

However, it would be a shame to give up the chance at getting double pay checks for a short time. The whole reason she was in here right now was because she needed money, and she still did. If she worked for both the police and the gang she would be able to earn quite a bit she imagined. They’d even waive any charges that may come with working for the gang? Maybe she should try to commit a murder in if she got a chance, didn’t sound like there would be any better time to do it.

“How much money would they pay?” She asked after considering it for a while. “I guess it would be best if I moved in with you then too, huh… Can’t be too far apart if you’re gonna be my bodyguard, right?” 

Avani meant to push herself away from the table and put her feet back on the floor, but miscalculated the motion and ended up on her back on the floor. She quickly jumped back up on her feet and shrugged it off, then strode over to Kasai and placed herself in front of her. So close that their bodies grazed each other.

“I’d be taking the gang’s money too, you know.” She whispered, hoping that no one else could hear. “You’d think I’d be more eager to do this than I am then, but even if having you nearby to guard my body could be nice I would still be putting my life at risk. Not just at the time of the trial, but during any jobs I would do to get more information.”  Avani grinned. “It’s dumb and reckless, but maybe I’m too fond of things around here to flee at first chance. Then again, dumb and reckless is certainly up my alley...”