New Players In The Pattern

[Sage]

Aiden relaxed and Sage did too. Maybe it wouldn't be a bust. He was really only trying to sell Nox. It was life and death, but he did wonder if his infatuation with the strange Atharim hunter guy from his past was more than that to him. But he had an available man in front of him confessing he liked boys and girls. Sage didn't really care, men, women, fucking alien wouldn't matter if they did it for him, and were good to talk to. Sage had seen some strange things in life. And he was gonna see more undoubtedly.

The food came in mass quantity and Aiden had it in his hands before he was leaning down an inch from him and Sage wanted nothing more than to kiss him. And then he bit his lip, Fuck! Sage was about to lean in when Aiden stood up. Shit! Tease, but Sage was grinning at him. He let the man lead him out and watched as his man fitted the dog with the harness and then they went for a stroll in the darkened streets of Moscow. Sage had an overwhelming urge to grab Aiden's hand, but he clenched his fingers at his side and looked in the direction that Aiden had pointed. It was too dark and they were too far away to make out much. He didn't have a pair of land warriors on so the whole zooming in was going to have to with walking closer, thankfully he was walking in their direction and fate would bring them together.

The long dark hair was pushed out of his face and he was stuffing his wallet into his pocket almost angrily. What had the good tech ever done to him? Sage grinned as he got a good view of his features and the software started immediately to analyze the information. Sage could have watched the information in visual format in front of his eyes, but he'd long since learned to read things as the computer processed them. It was like second nature. He missed his holo interface too now that he thought about it. But that was an easy fix, and Nox would like it too, he already used a rendition of it with his wallet and laptop. Having a large permanent one in the basement only made sense.... Maybe Nox could make him a server room? It was a thought.

Sage probably looked like he was zoned out while he walked with Aiden, and in those few moments his concentration lapsed into the computer world and he took Aiden's hand, more out of habit than anything. He'd have done the same with Sasha or Bryan back in the day. His hand felt warm, and it was a connection to humanity that was needed sometimes to find his way back to the real world. He didn't usually travel so deep while he was walking, Aiden was his guide.

It was mere moments before the software kicked him back a name and a stream of information Sage smiled at as he blinked and came back to reality. The lose of immersion was intense and Sage almost stumbled into Aiden. The man was passing by and Sage spoke loudly as he passed. "His name is Elias Donovan. He's a resident of New Zealand and ironically born American." Sage hoped the man heard, and would say something or react to the information being spoken from a complete stranger. It would prove that Sage wasn't faking it. Though he didn't really need to impress Aiden now. He'd already done that, hacking his home computer was an easy feat. But it wouldn't be an easy feat for anyone else, now with Sage watching the entry points. Aidien was his information - maybe more than that but his!