If Alistaire was looking to impress her with the urge to be a changed man, that lazy manner of saying he wanted everything didn't strike the right chord.
As for Emma, belonging in name to the Hellfire Club was not remotely the same as being among its ruling elite, which she hadn't for some time.
"The first thing that a recovering addict is supposed to do, Alistaire, is change their environment." She took a careful sip of her drink. "You can be influential and powerful without the Hellfire Club. The truth is, its actual social cachet is declined considerably. Too many years spent primarily as a den of supervillainy I imagine."
She set down her drink. "But as it happens, you are there and potentially in a place to find out about how Father's Inner Circle actually operates. If something is to be done about him, it needs to be with proper information."
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As for Emma, belonging in name to the Hellfire Club was not remotely the same as being among its ruling elite, which she hadn't for some time.
"The first thing that a recovering addict is supposed to do, Alistaire, is change their environment." She took a careful sip of her drink. "You can be influential and powerful without the Hellfire Club. The truth is, its actual social cachet is declined considerably. Too many years spent primarily as a den of supervillainy I imagine."
She set down her drink. "But as it happens, you are there and potentially in a place to find out about how Father's Inner Circle actually operates. If something is to be done about him, it needs to be with proper information."