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Hiro nodded at the mention of both the police and the senshi. It was always good to be aware of all your enemies, and sadly the senshi weren't the only group who would misunderstand what the Negaverse was trying to do. Humans could be very stupid, especially in groups. Humans with guns were missing higher thought functions altogether - see something, shoot, ask questions later (if at all).

"Indeed," he contented himself with saying. Somehow he thought that Fluorite wouldn't appreciate a lecture, especially as they were getting to the lying in wait part. Hiro assumed a comfortable position, curling his paws in to loafcat at the Lieutenant's side with his one eye narrowed.

What Fluorite called boring, Hiro called fun. He was a master of slinking and sneaking. Gathering information did often mean long periods of time waiting around with nothing happening. Perhaps Fluorite simply needed to learn how to meditate - nothing good came to impatient people, after all.

Or perhaps it did. They'd barely been lying in silence for more than a few minutes when the back door to the bar slammed open, bouncing off the wall to nearly smack the emerging patron in the face.

"Show time," he whispered. "Let me know if you need a distraction."

Distraction served, Hiro gracefully jumped away from the drunk man. He moved into a better position to observe Fluorite at work. The shakiness of her hands didn't escape his watchful eye.

"Calmly and slowly," he said quietly from one side. "There's no rush."

Clearly this was a lesson in not overreaching one's abilities. But Hiro suspected Fluorite had realised that one on her own. Now it was just a matter of completing the enegy gathering successfully. Their best chance of that happening, Hiro concluded, was if he bit back his 'helpful' critique and instead helped Fluorite focus. If he flustered her in the middle of this, who knew what would happen to the energy.

"It's allll very easy," Hiro continued.

The man's eyes were already closing, body slumping as Fluorite drew more of his life force.

"Not a problem," was Hiro's easy answer. He was a cat, after all. If he hadn't wanted to be there, he would have sauntered off already. It had been interesting to see the energy draining process in action. And to think that it could take such a strain on the Negaverse agents doing it, too. Hiro never would have guessed if he hadn't seen it with his own eye.

"You're not bad," he said. "Be careful not to push your limits too far, too fast. The last thing we need is a new Lieutenant dead or caught in the act."

Well, considering the little that Hiro had heard and seen of the General Queens and King, perhaps the second would result in the first anyway.

His tail flickered and he gave Fluorite a serious look. "It's not a race. Your abilities will improve if you work on them, but there's no sense in being foolhardy about it, either."

He leapt down from his position on a trashcan. He wove neatly around Fluorite's ankles in a figure-eight, giving her a brief rub with the top of his head. "A nice job, though."

No, not a waste of his evening at all. With no official orders apart from his assignation to Alkaid, Hiro was free to do as he liked when the blonde was sleeping or doing civilian things. And considering that his late-night patrols had lead him to several promising Lieutenants so far, Hiro thought he might just keep them up. He could nap during the day, after all.

This was probably the part where Fluorite left to report in. There was no need for Hiro to tag along for that. He waited patiently to see if the girl was indeed heading off.