"Put the phone on Speaker?"
"But won't others hear?"
"You there, Ruby?"
"Come with me to the closet. Their is a space in there where it's basically soundproof."
"You have a big closet?"
*Tiihaaaa*
"Have you seen how many clothes I have?"
"Good point.
Yeah, we're here, Theo. What's up?"
"We? Whose we?"
"Oh….I...I'm just with a stray puppy I found."
"Interviewing dogs as suspects now?"
"Animals are a lot smarter than you think."
"And so are we......."
"Uhoh."
"Rosa, shh. He might hear you."
"...With your help that is."
"You...…you caught the Killers?"
"Just dangled the one thing that they loved in front of their face, and they caved like little Piggies."
"Nice.
What'd you do with them?
Kick them out of your club or something?"
"Ruby, that's not how we handle things.
This is not Highschool anymore.
We...…do things a little differently nowadays."
"Pst.....Keep him talking. We can track him later."
"So uh.....so….uh...…what's your way?"
"I had to make an example of them of course."
"Of course.
What was I thinking? Silly me."
"But not silly them. At least you have brains to think with."
"Where uh...…where are there's?"
"In my stew.
They taste really good right about now. Alongside their hert and livers."
"Ummm…
He's most likely joking, just to scare you into how intimidating he is."
"Got it."
"Well, I am glad you did. Taught them well."
"Woo…wooo….wooo. We haven't caught them all."
"You didn't?"
"No. Stain may have been your friend, but I know that these Kids didn't act alone either.
They had friends, and have had friends for a while now. Kids trying to steal my title, and thinking that they can run the Streets better than me.
I'll show them. I'll show them all."
".......And how do you plan on doing that?"
"Starting at the core. The very beginning, where it all rose."
"The beginning?"
"Theo's gang wasn't born in a day, Ruby. I'll show you their first hideout, later."
"Well....just be careful, Theo.
Wouldn't want you getting hurt or anything."
"Oh…hooo…hoooo.hooo.
Ruby, you need not worry about me. I work a tighshift, and nothing goes on without my say so."
"Sounds like someone I know."
"Will you just shut up and listen, Rosa?
…Just looking out for you. It's nice to know that there is someone in this awful world that still cares about you."
"You said it, Sista.
Again, I don't know how I can ever repap you."
"Well uh...we could redo that Lunch date that I missed."
"La Ranchera?"
"That's the one."
"Just us?"
"Just us.
No one else."
"Promise?"
"........Say yes?"
"....I told you, 'Your word may be gold, but mine is Rubbies, and lots of them."
"It's a date then."
"It's a date."
"Don't be late."
"You best not be. I don't want to be left out in the cold."
"Hooo…hoooo…hooo. I would never do that to a friend. You're like family."
"I am?"
"Tell you what? I'll bring my family, just to show you that beneath all of this fur, is the heart of a friendly giant. We…..we.....we can talk about the Opera. The Split...…..and the horrible Eliotras that governed over us all like we were a pack of rats. Tai was where it was at, I tell you."
".....That…um.....That would be lovely. I look forward to it. See you then."
"Bye, Ruby. I'll send a car to pick you up. Lease I can do, after my men killed your Driver and all."