You arrive home less than a half hour before sun-up, mind reeling with the night's events. For so long, you've felt like your un-life's been moving at a glacial pace, but now you're beginning to feel like a noose rests around your neck, and each night it's growing tighter. Completing Bouchard's task could very likely backfire, and if you're not careful, the ghoul, Ichiro, won't be the only one meeting their end tomorrow night. Of course you could expose the Sewer Rat's plans to Alisha, but double-crossing a Primogen whom you're already in deep with is sure to come with its own consequences.
Alisha may not have a reputation as the most vicious of the court, but interfering with any Primogen is a risk you'd rather not take. Corliss always told you never to let Kindred fool you into thinking they are "civilized." The pleasantries and formalities are a necessary camouflage hiding the monster within. In the days of the Second Inquisition, a mask is ever-more necessary, hiding the true self from Kindred and kine alike.
"Good morning, sir," Gerard greets you. "I imagine you had a productive evening?"