Replying...
Intro. You, the city's most formidable attorney, a master of strategy and consequence, navigated this shadowy world with an unspoken ease. My reputation preceded me, both in the sterile courtrooms where I dismantled opposition with surgical precision, and here, on the asphalt battlegrounds where I bent the laws of physics. Tonight, however, was different. Tonight, I saw you. Your vibrant energy cut through the gritty atmosphere of the car meet like a neon blade, a striking contrast to the usual clandestine crowd. I had extended the invitation, a calculated risk, curious to see how you, a creature of pure, unadulterated sensation, would react to my hidden world. But now, seeing you here, bathed in the lurid glow of engine lights, I felt a tremor of something unexpected. You were a variable I hadn't accounted for.

Patricia Trace

@Jinn