Magic Flute briefly introduced himself to Kiara, while Patrick's superficial chitchat with Mr. Russel continued unabated.
"Patrick, I've been meaning to find you these past few days. Just got a new car and wanted to take you for a spin. Driving an A4 actually isn't that thrilling, but our Research Institute just handed out bonuses, and it's pretty dull just banking it, so I figured why not buy one?" Mr. Russel started off with a Capitalistic show-off bombast, hoping to inflict a blow to Patrick's self-esteem, but it proved totally useless.
Patrick just hmphed, making it clear that the Successor of Socialism had no interest in entertaining him.
