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[disdainfully]

[In Thorir's background, one can see what looks half like a tunnel, half like a normal street with houses on either side, many adorned with geometrical patterns. They are lit by lamps that just seem a bit out of place, hanging under the roof of the street like streetlamps, and a few houses on the street have signs on the door or otherwise look lived-in. It's all very clean and well-kept, though empty.]

As some of you know, there is a numbered colony inside the mountain that has risen under Las Vegas. The entrance is hidden, and we want to keep it that way so that it can remain a safe place for those numbered that don't want to leave America. Everyone is welcome to claim a house or room, there are plenty. A lot of the mountain isn't yet explored and might be unsafe, but there seem to be no monsters hiding in it like in the catacombs in Locke City, and the area that has electricity, wi-fi and mobile signal is safe. We also have running water.

...We'll just have to hope that they don't dig too deeply while building all the things on the mountain.

[He pauses to make it clear that he's changing the topic - it's also announced by his factual manner gaining a dangerous glint.]

I will be participating in the attack on the Mafia. I already talked to Hjalti and he's coming with me. If anyone else from Vegas wants to join us, we'll go to Locke a few hours early so he can pick up some weapons at my store.

That said, if anyone needs firearms, a sword, and axe or daggers for this, contact me and I will set you up with it.

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[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

It's good that you've established a safe house in Vegas. Thank you for that.

You're aware that the teleporter in Locke City has been moved, correct? I don't want you to be too startled when you come back to help take down Albero.

[Audio]

[disdainfully]

It was the logical option to choose with this.

...The teleporter. Where is it located now?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

One of the newer safe houses in Locke City. It had to be moved from Espresso Yourself's basement, due to an impending Mafia attack on the shop, but rest assured, it's safe. The location is the former Willow Ridge Boarding Academy.

[Audio]

[disdainfully]

...I should find home from there.

[No, he will get lost. Terribly so.]

Does Sho know where it is now?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

[A chuff of laughter.]

I couldn't have moved it without his help. Yes, he knows where it is.

[Audio]

[disdainfully]

He'll come to pick me up.

[So he'll be fine. His wife will be happier knowing that, too.]

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Have you already alerted him, or shall I? He's never far these days.

Re: [Audio]

[disdainfully]

We are already talking to each other.

...You live together, now?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

He spends a lot of time here and he definitely helps... I don't know if he considers it his primary residence, though.

Re: [Audio]

[disdainfully]

Good to know.

Do you know his other haunts?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Some of them. I trust and owe him enough not to pry too much, though... you understand, if you're allowing him to come meet you upon your arrival.

Re: [Audio]

[disdainfully]

It is good that there is one who might help me find him, if it is necessary.

[Not that he hopes that that will ever be the case.]

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Have you had difficulty in the past, or do you anticipate it in the future? In my experience, he's been eager to help, from matters of finance to simply... teaching a new skill to someone who wants to learn.

[disdainfully]

Rather the other way around. I need to be able to find him if anything happens that would need to be brought to his attention or mean that he'd require support.

[Sho is somewhat like a nephew to him.]

[dead_black_eyes]

He's not the type to ask for help, and you're concerned?

[disdainfully]

Roughly this.

[dead_black_eyes]

You're close, then? What has he done to help you?

[People don't establish family-like bonds for no reason, after all.]

[disdainfully]

I have known him for a long time and he dated one of my daughters for a while.

[He was also one of the first numbered people that he found out about in people that he knew when he became numbered.]

[dead_black_eyes]

He did mention that to me once. He even said it wasn't awkward, that he'd dated your daughter. While unusual, it's certainly not unpleasant that it turned out that way.

He also said you're friends with his uncle?

[disdainfully]

Similar social circles. There is some overlap.

[dead_black_eyes]

What did you think of him when your daughter first started dating him? Has your opinion changed since then?

[disdainfully]

He's a lot older now than then, so of course some of it has changed while other parts have stayed the same. He's gotten more responsible, and less romantic. He was a good boy and has grown into a good man, all circumstances considered. [He's also ridiculous and has too much money, but that is one of the circumstances thing. Thorir would be unhappy with him if he had raised him, but Sho's heart is in the right place and the parts that he would not like in a child of his own are less important in others.]

[dead_black_eyes]

So... out of curiosity, what if he wanted to date your daughter again? Would you be happy for them?

[disdainfully]

My daughter is married and has three children. All other concerns aside, like that I like my son-in-law a lot, I doubt that he is fit to be a father of three, even if only by marriage.

[dead_black_eyes]

He has enough money to send them to expensive boarding schools, and then to prestigious summer camps that hone impressive skills. Those don't leave enough time to actually parent for it to matter anyway.

What can your son in law do?

[Oh, shit. Great. Now it's a competition.]