“I miss the Bookstore but the food here is good at least,” Angst said as she took another bite of the curry.
Max sipped on his mango milkshake.
“So...” she continued. “If everything Control told you was true, about the weapons and costumes and the subway and all that, does that mean we were working for the Counter-System all that time?”
“I honestly don't know, Angst.” He looked at her. He still trusted her and knew that she trusted him but things were different now.
Crow entered the restaurant, looking like a young black woman with short pink hair. Max waved and explained to Angst that Crow had arrived; only Max could see her. Angst slid over to make room in the booth.
“I've got news,” Crow said as soon as she was seated. “Maggie was being held in a System facility. I don't know how They got her, but it does conform to her recurring Initiation arc.”
Angst watched a serious expression come over Max's face as he stared into the air beside her. His beard made him look older, more worn out.
Crow continued. “She got out though, like she always does. Apparently she was locked in a vault of some kind but she eventually escaped. By tearing the doors off their hinges. Big doors. Metal doors.”
Angst saw Max's eyes widen slightly, the hint of a smile.
“And when the guards opened fire on her... the bullets bounced off of her. She punched a hole in a wall and leaped into the sky.”
Now Max was smiling.
“No idea if They were experimenting on her or if this is the result of all that Angel/Demon magic she used to be into. And no clue where she ran to.”
Angst watched Max pull out his wallet and gesture to the server for the bill. He asked the space beside her, “Do you have the location of the facility?”
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