>Give a little polite chuckle
>Ride onward
>True to the reputation of the service, Kyle proves to be taking a very direct line back towards the Moonside apartments. Or at least as direct as one can get in a big city. The journey is not entirely without incident, however, as a trio of motorcycle riders draw your attention as they overtake you on East Street. One of them, specifically; the tall one clad in black leather. After your last encounter with the biker Motormaster, you weren't relishing the idea of seeing the rider again, let alone when the individual in question seemed to be riding with friends. Motormaster's visored visage passes over your window, and Rin's hand tightens around yours just a touch. But fortunately for your friend, the black-clad rider and her maroon and yellow-clad fellow bikers simply drive past.
>The company inside the cab, however, is much more pleasant. Since placing her hand over yours, Rin hasn't seemed to have found a reason to let go. Nor, for that matter, have you. Neither one of you objects to the arrangement. And Kyle proves to be a rather likable young man. You swap stories about his sister Lorelai, and you can plainly see the pride he has in his younger sister. Though you are quite tired, the kasha and the cabbie are engaging enough to keep you rather alert as your Toyota manufactured taxi eats up the miles, carrying you home. You try to organize your thoughts as well on what you saw and heard at the Dragon shrine, but after a few minutes, you decide to wait until you are more rested before trying to do that comprehensively.
>It takes Kyle and his car the better part of thirty seven minutes to pass by Mayoiga high, and your stomach grumbles as you approach your home. A bit of a snack will definitely be in order once the taxi disgorges you and Rin. Curiously, you detect a faint trail of blueish smoke wafting up from what appears to be the front of the building.
>At the top of the street, Kyle mashes the button on the meter, stopping the cost at twenty-four dollars and fifty cents, then touches another button on the bottom of the device, dropping the figure by five dollars. "That'll be $19.50, ladies."
