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It was lunch break at Beacon HQ, and Alicia found herself seated next to her nominal boss as she chowed down on a home made sandwich. Nothing too fancy, just some ham, lettuce, and cheese. It was filling, and that was good enough for her. In the meantime they chatted about things that were going on, school and Beacon related business, whatever came to mind. At the moment, that was the new recruit they had brought in.

"I don't know what they have in mind with her," she agreed with a nod, her sandwich laid upon the table for now. "I'd say maybe they want to keep red coins out of the hands of our enemies, but if that was the case then they wouldn't be having her make them. Maybe it's a recruitment pitch thing." She shrugged, only able to speculate at this point. Undoubtedly she would learn more of the plan for Binky if it became relevant. 

Glancing over at Sally as the topic shifted, she couldn't help but frown, a huff escaping at the mention of who was responsible. "That's what gratitude gets you these days I suppose," she muttered. She'd let them go, and this was what they decided to do? Typical.

Still, there was something bothering her. They certainly hadn't had that kind of ability when she had met them before, or if they did then they were good at hiding it. "Isn't that weird to you as well? Justine could be considered an isolated occurrence, but we're looking at at least five magical girls getting mentally subverted in two months, from two completely different sources, in the same city. What are the odds of that happening?" She sighed, leaning back into her chair as she crossed her arms over her chest in visible annoyance. "What good is the Spark if they can clearly get around it anyway? Especially a pair who shouldn't by all rights have that kind of power?"

Stopped by the arrival of a messenger, Alicia straightened up as she shot Sylvia a quizzical look. "What is it?" she asked. Somehow she had the feeling that it probably wasn't anything good.