[@shylarah]Tsitua grinned, she was eager to learn, and he liked that. He placed a hand on her shoulder and nodded, "All in good time, Punkin." 

His grin disappeared as he realized what he had just said. It was replaced by astonished regret. Retracting his hand he turned with a furrowed brow and left the room. 

**

Mae had a hand over her mouth as he went by her. She relaxed when he was out, moving to a heavy bag. With a check of the fit of her gloves, she explained, "That was what he called her. His daughter I mean." 

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The armored man stopped abruptly before the door. He didn't turn to face those who had addressed him. His mask let out built up, pressurized steam from the suit's cooling system.

"Your gratitude is irrelevant." He said robotically. 

"Cain." Orion introduced, "his name is Cain." The ghoul was standing over Bart's body, gazing regretfully he knelt down and pulled a fallen tablecloth over it. Popping all of his fingers one by one, he addressed the group. "I'm sorry this happened to all of you." He wanted to say more, but the words wouldn't come, so he said the only thing he could. 

"I am part of the Circle of Death. We're an organization that exists to stop things like this, and we will put a stop to this." He snapped his fingers, and Cain turned to face him. They passed an NI message between them and he exited the store. Orion stayed to wait for Cera.