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Tom scowled. God, that Martino mobster was an absolute sleazebag. He reminded him pretty much exactly of Mr. Impressive, but perhaps ever so slightly better than the Wings of Law member. At least Tom didn't have to work in the same organisation as Martino... but he would be pretending to for a little while, he supposed. Tom imagined that if Blake was here, watching the mobster hit on and flirt with a clearly uncomfortable Angie, then Martino might end up with a lot of pretty major burns over his body. And it definitely wasn't like Tom would blame Blake for that. 

The other development was the sudden arrival of Grace. Tom knew her from previous encounters, but her appearance here was still unexpected... He knew that she was no longer affiliated with ICOSA or the group that she was with before, but he couldn't help but be a little suspicious. Maybe ICOSA had somehow put her up to this, to make her peer in on this undercover mission? But nobody else but Powers and them knew what was going on, so that didn't make sense. Unless ICOSA somehow had surveillance in the HERO One hall... But that was also a stupid idea... Unless...

Tom had allowed his mind to wander about various conspiracies, and only replying to Brie or Grace in the bar with nods and vague sayings of [color=SteelBlue]"Uh huh"[/color] or [color=SteelBlue]"Yup"[/color] that he had barely noticed Patricia and Angie leaving with Martino. Well, she hadn't managed to get them all going together. They'd have to deal with getting into the meeting later, Patty and Angie would surely vouch for them when they arrived. Tom just hoped that Martino didn't try and funny business in the car. Tom was just imagining Blake's face when he inevitably told him about what happened on their secret undercover mission here. He was certain that he was going to be on the receiving end of an angry face from Blake. Oh well.

Soon they were out of the casino. Tom peered around as they left to spot the poker dealer from earlier standing at the bar and looking pissed off that he was apparently now not being gifted the freedom of a break from dealing the game. Tom smirked a little - they had avoided an awkward confrontation by a couple of seconds at most. Soon they reached Brie's totally legitimately acquired vehicle, and Tom climbed into the back seat next to Grace, looking at Brie as she turned to them. 

[color=SteelBlue]"Damn right I'm ready. Let's go, if we lose track of their car we're totally fucked."[/color]

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