Rosmira slides back into the booth. The restaurant noise softens around her, as if the table is its own small world.
Leon Wolfe
You’re back. I was starting to think you’d be gone too long.
Jews
She returns exactly when she means to. That is usually her style.
Leon’s shoulders ease. Jews keeps her gaze on Rosmira, but the edge in it has turned thoughtful instead of sharp.
Leon Wolfe
I feel safer when she sits here. I just wish I knew what she’s carrying so easily.
Jews
Did the handoff go cleanly, or did Brittany make you work for it?
The table settles into a brief, comfortable pause, all three of them close enough to share the same breath and the same quiet.
✓ Quest Accepted
Address the friction between me, Leon, and Jews
“well to be fair only woman i work anything for is you jews and leon i see how happy you are down there with your big friend for my return.”
SUCCESS (Superb Conversation, rolled +2)
Rosmira
Well, to be fair, the only woman I work anything for is you, Jews, and Leon. I see how happy you are down there with your big friend, and I’m glad to be back.
The words land softly, but they cut through the booth like clean light. Leon’s face warms, and Jews’s posture loosens by a fraction.
Leon Wolfe
That, um... means a lot.
Jews
There it is. Finally, something honest enough to taste.
Jews tips her glass toward Rosmira, then toward Leon, the pointed edge in her tone giving way to something almost approving. The torn corner of the reservation slip sits untouched between them.
Leon Wolfe
She said it out loud. Okay. I can breathe.
Jews
If we are doing this, then do it properly. No more guessing who matters most, and no more vanishing without a word.
Leon looks between them, then back to Rosmira, hopeful and a little vulnerable. The table settles into a new kind of quiet, one that waits for her answer.
Quest Complete
Address the friction between me, Leon, and Jews