"No, not really. Everyone tries to not get on anybody else's toes. Everyone behaves so we don't have to get involved"
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"No, not really. Everyone tries to not get on anybody else's toes. Everyone behaves so we don't have to get involved"
The Waitress comes over and St George gets a coffee and a doughnut before resuming the conversation.
"How are the cliques here? Everyone keep to themselves mostly?"
He orders a tea, before he continues "For the most part everyone is cooperative, even people who are part of different groups", he shrugs, "Sacramento is a quiet place"
Taking a bite of his doughnut, St. George looks across at the other gentleman before replying. "Quiet is good, plenty of not busy to keep work on personal projects. Speaking of projects is there anything that I can do to help out at the Club?"
"Depends", he adds flatly, "where do your talents lie?", he was studying the man. Something about the doughnut and stereotypes irked him. But he didn't let it show.
"Talents...Well, first and foremost, as gathered I am an officer of the law. But as far as the club, I am a second degree warlock, with some skill in the healers arts, and predestination."
St. George finishes his doughnut and takes a swig of coffee, thinking on the conversation. 'Always a pleasure to work with another, hiding everything, speaking in twists and metaphor. LARPing as code for the Awakened'
He still felt uneasy discussing such matters, even in code, while in public. But again, he was part of an older generation of Guardians, one plagued by healthy paranoia.
"How do you like your daily job. Law enforcement can be tough"
"Protect and serve. It gives meaning" St George thinks for a moment then continues, "Its rewarding for its own, but sometimes the hours can be rough."
Their meaning was elsewhere, and certainly not in Sleepers. Of course he wasn't a psycho to admit it openly, "I commend your altruism, and it's a unionized job", he deadpans the joke.
He had mentioned being a warlock. Funny, the Obrimos thought, as that path was the one with the most fluid morality.
"Altruism might play a part, but having the in with the pulse of the city, knowing where the problems are...finding the cases that no one can solve...except for someone with special talents. That's where the meaning is. Protecting against the terrible possibilities that surround us. That those above might have means or desires to see those below dance upon their strings."
St. George sips his coffee, and takes a breath. 'Jeeze, what nerve did he hit with that comment'