"You can do what?" Stanley asked softly.
"Improve your power," the girl said. "Make you far stronger than you are right now."
"How is that possible?" Stanley asked.
"It is," the girl said. "I had it done on me, and it feels like I have an entirely different power now."
"How?" Stanley asked.
"There is someone that can do that," the girl said.
"Who?" Stanley asked.
"You don't know them," Nova said. "Hell, I hardly know about them at all. To find them, we will have to kill our way into the upper echelon of the Voras underworld. So, you in, John?"
Stanley thought for a bit. "Are you sure my powers can increase?" he asked. "If you're lying to me—"
"You can kill me," Nova said. "Is that enough?"
Stanley stared at her, looking into her deep blue eyes before nodding. "Sure, I'll join your gang then," he said, acting as if he wasn't thrilled to enter someone that had a direct connection with what his mission was about.
