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Rolling her eyes at Levina's sweetie comment Lucretia turned to take a more comprehensive look at Levina. She scanned her hair, her face, her arms, legs, hips, nails, and even her ears. It didn't take her long to take it all in but even then she was sure Levina could tell she was deeply staring at her. "You know......you may be right. There is a market for loud and annoying sex workers. You'd probably be the best after a couple of years."

Lucretia turned around and kept on walking before immediately saying "You could also stand to put on some more flesh. I'm afraid even if I were gentle with you something might get broken." Lucretia gave a very thick and accented chuckle as the double doors to the lounge came into view. From outside low music could be heard and there was the slight scent of Lavender diffusing outward from the cracks in the door.

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Lucretia stopped at the twin doors and turned to look at Levina "If people are trying to break you so numerously and frequently you'd do best to avoid them. Bouncing back isn't required when you are capable of dodging." Her mouth was flat and her tone was serious. With a slight nudge, the doors quietly pushed open and the sound of music and smell of perfumes became even stronger as a few of the attendants inside walked around offering drinks and cleaning out different seating areas.

Lucretia was not a good person, far from it actually, but that didn't mean she agreed to every shitty practice executed throughout the world. Her business was in drugs and muscle. If people were going to sell their bodies for her benefit it serves her mind better knowing they were safe from harm. You wouldn't let someone break the furniture in your house so too would she not let someone beat up on her prostitutes.

"Let's sit over there." Lucretia pointed to a corner booth highlighted by bright purple neon lights that allowed some sort of light to enter the rather dark room. Many of the attendants in this area were nocturnal in nature and found the darkness a nonissue while other guests enjoyed the calming nature that could be found in such a grim and dim room. In front of the corner booth was a small table for drinks to be set on. Beneath the top part however was futuristic dispensary which offered each table a quick way to purchase cigarettes, cigars, cheap alcohol, and government-sanctioned drugs such as cannabis.

Lucretia would allow Levina to slip into the booth first before sitting down herself. A few of the guests recognized her and gave a passing wave or nod to her as she waited to take her seat. No one dared shout or cause too much of a noise in here as security made a point of letting guests know that they aren't afraid of confrontation.

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Lucretia gave an arrogant hah Levina did she really think that those people were just having fun. Fun for themselves maybe but her enjoyment was not in their calculations whatsoever she bet. Regardless she decided to just let the girl live in ignorance. She was not her mother nor did she really care what happened to her. At the end of the day, Levina was a way to pass the time...in a way she was just having fun with her herself.

"Do you really think this is where I'd take you if I wanted to hack you to pieces. If I wanted to do that I would've had you knocked out in my room or had the kitchen put drugs in your drink earlier." Lucretia leaned back in the booth chair and crossed one leg over the other making an L shape. "No, I brought you here because like most people I don't want to be seen with you." Her tone didn't carry any hint of joking but she did wear a small smirk on her face as she waved down an attendant.

"Bring me some water please."

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The brief crack in Levina's demeanor didn't go unnoticed. When an arrogant person suddenly shifts personalities it isn't hard to spot. Something she said must've struck a nerve and surely it wasn't the hacking to pieces or drug comment. Lucretia watched as the cool glass of water was placed in front of her " If you are only a trophy for some person or arm candy for another then you are just being used. For all your narcissism I'd expect differently. A friend should be indifferent to being seen with you as it does not matter." She sipped her water before placing it back down in front of Levina.

Being used was something she knew all to well given how the Kolem-Kril used her to fight her own kind. Hell, even the Syndicate was using her at one point but now she was in a position to set her own agenda and objectives. " Figuring out whose using you and whose genuinely concerned with your wants and needs can be a very freeing experience, little lady."

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Lucretia couldn't help but laugh at Levina paltry excuse of justification. " Yes, nothing screams high self-worth like comparing yourself to a to two abundant things alloy, and candy. I don't know who did such a number on you but if you believe being an object to others is fine then by all means. A trophy that gets passed around loses its value over time. Eventually, a new shiny trophy will come along and you'll just be a conquest for some individual to say 'I used to know her'."

People like this were abundant in the universe. People beat down by others and their environment that they just assimilated into the abuse for some sort of comfort instead of confronting it. Lucretia gave a slight yawn after her comment before snapping for an attendant to bring another glass of water.


"And the water was for you unless you are against sharing a cup of water with me but not alcohol. The last thing you need to be doing is getting drunk while you're here. You probably lost enough money on slots while sober. I can't imagine your skills drunk."

It was a paltry concern. Watching her potentially lose all her free cash might've been fun if it weren't such a common sight already while she was working.

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