"Mr Benjamin, please!" David's head was lowered to his hips, and hands outstretched in a plea."You must tell me how we have offended you! Should I relinquish the services of the customers who also joined in falsely accusing you? Done. Perhaps I shall fire some of our tellers who watched without doing anything as well? If it is what you desire, consider it done!"The bank tellers; silent non-descript middle-aged men and women, tucked safely behind their granite counters, all turned to their manager in a cold sweat. Maybe minding their business during the commotion hadn't been the best bet after all."Now now" Benjamin tried to pacify him, but something sitting at the bottom right of his peripheral vision struck him as odd. When he turned his head to get a better look, the arrangement moved only so much as to sit at the bottom right again."Am I having a stroke?" Benjamin thought to himself. After turning his head a few more times, it became clear that the object was not of his external

"Hey!" Mardo bounced towards them."Can I be of any help to you?" replied Amber. Mardo didn't pay her any attention and got closer and closer to Benjamin "You little shit!" he said, about to raise his fist."I wouldn't do that if I were you. Are you forgetting what happened to those spectacularly trained security guards a few minutes ago?" Amber warned. Mardo hesitated, and Amber moved to block Benjamin from him."What are you, his mommy?" taunted Mardo. Benjamin didn't respond to him. He hadn't responded to anything since he emerged from his exit. His eyes jumped from Mardo to Claire, to Amber, and to Mardo again with a blank expression. Sometimes he rubbed his shoulder, and looked away entirely."I'm talking to you little shit! What is a flea like you looking to pull?" snapped Mardo."I would advise you to refrain from talking to my patient that way." said Amber. "Patient?" asked Mardo, with something glimmering in his eyes. Was it hope? He looked at Benjamin again, who had not utte

A bead of sweat travelled across the Boss's face. This woman was the type that was peculiar about first impressions. David from Skaling Bank had indeed called a few hours before about an incoming guest, something about a big shot persona with a few hundred million to throw away.Same old, same old. He then replied by telling David to forward the finer details to Vanessa(The Secretary), but he had never gotten around to checking on her about it. And she was yet to debrief him about any of it. It wasn't looking good, but still, the situation could be managed--"My sincere apologies Ma'am. I won't make any excuses. It has been quite the longest day, and I was just about to discuss with matter with my secretary. We have had quite the backlog." That last statement was a little funny considering the waiting room was empty besides four of them."But like I said, there is no excuse. Please accept our apologies. I'll take full responsibility." reiterated the Boss."And how will you do that?"

Benjamin was a little unsatisfied with the answer. Lavender didn't elaborate on the last part. Was Star Alliance truly capable of everything that David had promised? He heard a small ping, like a smartphone notification message.The blue text flashed again, this time with a graphic of an empty bar. The left end of the bar was labelled Level 1, and the other end was labelled Level 2. "BOW DOWN TO ME" was typesetted clearly on top. Then as mall hatching began to creep up the bar, up to a quarter.Another text flashed 25EXP received. It seemed like this was exactly like a video game. More and more uses of the skill meant levelling up. And no doubt, with each increase in level, it would get easier to get more uses like this lie detection.In other words, it was a skill that forced you to control others as much as possible, 24/7. "Interesting" Benjamin said out loud. "Of course, he's going to say that" said Amber, ignorant of what had just happened. "I'm asking him if he can prove any of

“It is a big deal. To me, at least," said Benjamin."Oh, of course. Sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect-" replied Amber."It's alright. I know you didn't. You came with me this far" said Benjamin. Amber blushed a little. He is so direct, she thought."What did you think of Lavender?" he asked."Well, you seem completely taken in by him" Amber scoffed. He chuckled nervously. "Well, it's hard to hate on someone who's trying to pay for their mistakes" he replied."Please, I'm almost 100% sure he got more out of that deal than us. Although I can't prove it." There was a small beat, and then she said: "And you seem satisfied.""What?" asked Benjamin. "You're sure he's going to send that letter? You're still certain of this whole Star Alliance fairytale?" asked Amber.Benjamin was a 100% certain because of the system's skill, but he realized that would be a little bit suspicious for a normal person. He feigned a little tentativeness."Somehow, I believe them. It doesn't sound too logical, bu