12-08-2025, 03:51 PM
He smiled when she answered him and even thanked him. "You're welcome. I'm not one to judge. I have my own vices. Though impairment is not one of them. But I see a lot of people come into my bar, and it's my thing to figure out what ails them. So I'm just going to say this, you can do with it what you will."
Hayden paused a moment and took a sip of his own coffee before he set down a second cup with a selection of sugar and sugar substitutes with a variety of creamers -- all non-alcholic for this particular plate. "Your vice is an escape from a shitty life. You've got this power inside you which you said you can only access when impaired. So you have an even greater incentive to stay that way. My suggestion, figure out how to access your power while sober. The girls and Nox can help. If not them find someway to do it. I'm told that power is just as intoxicating. More dangerous, but it can kill you just the same. A new resource is opening up, a place where you can get help. It's meant for folks like you, and Nox's charges. And anyone who needs it, really. They have physicians, lawyers, and a skills lab though everything is still very much in the works. You should look at Second Chances."
Hayden didn't mention it was Nox's idea, his plan, partially his money. He didn't want the credit. He wanted it under Zeke's perview, let the Angel of the Undercity claim that recognition. The people in need would be more inclined to go if it wasn't someone who had burnt their prior home down.
Hayden paused a moment and took a sip of his own coffee before he set down a second cup with a selection of sugar and sugar substitutes with a variety of creamers -- all non-alcholic for this particular plate. "Your vice is an escape from a shitty life. You've got this power inside you which you said you can only access when impaired. So you have an even greater incentive to stay that way. My suggestion, figure out how to access your power while sober. The girls and Nox can help. If not them find someway to do it. I'm told that power is just as intoxicating. More dangerous, but it can kill you just the same. A new resource is opening up, a place where you can get help. It's meant for folks like you, and Nox's charges. And anyone who needs it, really. They have physicians, lawyers, and a skills lab though everything is still very much in the works. You should look at Second Chances."
Hayden didn't mention it was Nox's idea, his plan, partially his money. He didn't want the credit. He wanted it under Zeke's perview, let the Angel of the Undercity claim that recognition. The people in need would be more inclined to go if it wasn't someone who had burnt their prior home down.