[ scene ] the town bishop is an extortionist

[damnmartyr]

Ida isn't thrilled about this meeting, but it's been put off long enough. Part of her would have preferred meeting at the man's home, so that she could inspect every corner and atmosphere and pick it apart and judge him by it, see his other children, see evidence of this matriarch.

She imagines this is exactly why they're meeting in a nexus cafe, instead.

Sporting black heels and a white coat, she enters the dining floor, assuming he won't be difficult to miss.