Kaela enthusiastically recounted how she'd flattened the entire crew of rogue Titled, acting out several punches with far more force than necessary as she spoke. Every few sentences, she'd interrupt herself to take another long swig straight from the vodka bottle before continuing the story with even greater enthusiasm.
"And then the idiot tried stabbing me with their daggers..." she laughed, waving the bottle around. "So I sent them flying through concrete."
She pointed the neck of the bottle at Ethan.
"And Beast Man over there fought their leader after I dealt with all the weaklings."
Ethan sighed.
"Are you going to keep calling me that?"
She nodded, laughing, as Mark and Elara joined in teasing him again.
"Oh, yeah..."
Kaela glanced at Ethan.
"What was that psycho's last words about anyway?"
Ethan shrugged.
"Some bullshit about a messiah coming. And he didn't get to finish."
She frowned for a second.
"Huh."
Another drink.
