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Zii watched Luke sort of splutter and fall silent before muttering to himself and claiming that he "just needed to speak with her". Right, that wasn't creepy at all. He probably just wanted her opinion on the interior decor in the back of his windowless van.

Thankfully, the barista hesitantly called out Zii's order and she practically ran over to fetch it.

"Well," Zii said to the stranger as she began moving toward the door, "I'm sorry but my parents told me never to talk to strangers and I'm really very busy. I'll just be going now..."

Anthony left the Office to see what all the commotion was about. "Careful of those two," A voice said from behind him. He didn't acknowledge it. He was weary however, that the man was making a scene over the girl who looked vaguely familiar...

"The Bar!," He hissed aloud in exclamation. Of course! She was the shotgun toting bar tender that had threatened to take his head off the other night at the bar. Why did he suddenly feel at unease around her? Aside from the fact that she had shoved a gun in his face he felt like something else was going on with her. So did the man apparently as they both made way to leave. "Beth I'm taking a break," He said absent mindedly, his eyes never leaving the girl, "I'll be back in about an hour and a half."

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Luke took back his hand as the girl jerked away. He needed to make a good impression on her to make sure she would cooperate...

So far, that wasn't going well.

"My apologies." Luke said, in a much more subdued tone, "I did not mean to overstep my boundaries there, I just feel this is important."

He then paused for a second to consider how to best answer her questions.

"Well," Luke said, finally, "I am not sure what you are, but he knows, and he told me that you were important." Luke then paused, "And 'he'? He is my master..."

Luke then stopped and looked over his shoulder at what, to him, was a dark mass. To everyone else, he was looking over his shoulder toward the counter, it may look like Luke was looking over at the youth who before manned the counter.

Luke got a nod from the mass, or some sort of instruction, "His name is Wrath." Luke said, hoping that would evoke some kind of memory or image in her head, but this may just be digging him further into a hole, "He knows more than I do, and he says you are important."

Anthony didn't leave right away but instead decided to use his ability to turn invisible to get closer to the female and the odd man and hear what their conversation was about. Moving very slowly and super quiet he got close enough to hear what they were saying. He relaxed a little and started the rhythmic breathing process he used to keep focused and invisible. Now it was simply a matter of waiting to see what they had to say and if any of it was relevant. Mostly he was hoping that the bartender had more information regarding the slaughter that had happened down at the docks.

Deciding he couldn't stay here much longer Anthony swore silently as he wanted to know what this odd man had to say and show the bartender. It wasn't important right now. What was important was getting in touch with Sentinel. Sneaking out the door, still invisible, he went to the alley way and then took off at a jog towards the fire escape of a building. He launched himself at it and caught it, his shoulder, which had only just the other day been shot, sent fire down his arm and he let go of the fire escape.

Hitting his head rather hard he lay dazed in the grime of the street for a minute or two before shaking it off and standing up again. He moved a trash can under the ladder and gingerly hoisted himself up and started climbing the ladder. Once on the roof he put the blue tooth piece in his ear and pushed the button on the side that would activate it. He heard a click and then a dial tone in his ear, "Come on Sentinel, pick up."

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Luke took a second to regain his composure, her choice of words gave him hope that he could salvage this conversations. He definitely couldn't make this girl not think he was crazy, but he could find some way to get this back on track and get her to meet with him.

"First, if you don't, you'll spend all your time wondering what could have been, what if I was telling the truth?" Luke said, trying to plant the seeds of doubt in her head before providing any real reasoning.

"But seriously," Luke said, rebounding, "if you look at myself, then at you, it should be obvious. If I so desired to attack you, I would have done it, I wouldn't be wasting time standing here talking about some 'imaginary' being." He said, hoping his logic was just messed up enough that she couldn't trace it.

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Luke smiled as he heard the woman respond, "Of course, of course." Luke said, "I would never want to force you into something against your own will." He said, partially as an ironic joke due to the situation.

Something about the look in her eyes, the one that was a clear establishment of a threat, that was it, the presence he felt was making itself known. This presence, it was exactly what Wrath wanted.

"There is a place, down by the wharf, that is where we shall meet. An old warehouse where you and Wrath can converse freely. I can take you whenever you are prepared." Luke said, oddly casually, taking a sip of his now-cooler coffee.

Now that Anthony had actually made contact he wasn't really sure what he was going to say. "Sentinel it's Ghoul. I think we need to meet up. There's a lot of commotion at the park, I don't normally do the day shift but I overheard some interesting news from some citizens." He benched the thoughts he had on the woman from the bar for now, he'd discuss that later but for now he had a feeling that they'd be needed in a big way.