"Mmm, I don't know about that." Avery gave Clem a look that indicated she was clearly not buying it. "I talked to Casper and upset him. I talked to Wilde and someone tried to matchmake us with some stupid notes, and I talked to Iliya and he pretended he couldn't speak English." Ulysses and Cameron were her only Ebonhide conversations to date that hadn't gone badly. They weren't great, either, but they certainly weren't total fails like the rest had been.

The idea that the party went where they were made Avery smirk, and she nodded her head in seeming agreement. "Right, I like that. I mean, it probably goes where you go. I'm kind of a killjoy, and lately... don't feel that much fun, I guess." Avery always talked a lot, but it was much worse now that she was intoxicated.