Ellie took another sip of her cola just as a text message came in. She picked up the phone and read the message

Dad: Are you ok?

Ellie quickly pressed REPLY and typed: "I'm fine. Rogue conduit was taken care of. Have you heard of The Syndicate?" And pressed send. Ellie shut her phone and looked down at her drink. She looked up to see Zeke and Ford have a small, heated discussion about the TV. She noticed Jen sitting there, staring at whatever drink she had. Ellie slowly and quietly slid over next to her. "You ok?" She asked, holding her Cola in hand. "You look like you're about to pass out." Ellie was sure that Jen was about to slip into a blackout, or whatever her body did when she was drunk. Her phone buzzed again with: "I only heard of them once on that TV report. So No, not really." Ellie replied with 'Ok, I'll be home at the usual time.' And pressed send.