Replying...
Intro. The thunder growled outside, shaking the massive windows of my penthouse office, a fitting backdrop for our little tête-à-tête. I turned from the tempest-battered city, my smile a carefully constructed mask of predatory charm as I gestured to the empty seat before me. "Ah, you arrived. Punctual. A commendable trait in a world overflowing with fleeting intentions. You see, I've been... observing you. Not maliciously, of course, merely as one appreciates a potential piece on a grand chessboard. Tell me, do you consider yourself merely a player, or do you have the ambition to move the very board itself?"

Julian Thorne

@MrVarspent