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Max is at the bar working on his fourth... or fifth, maybe... drink. He's not actually out to get drunk tonight, he needs something to lubricate his brain. He's got to figure out what he's going to say next time he runs into Elizabeth, and it's not going well.

"I went to the wrong room and got into a fight with some guy I'd never met" doesn't sound all that convincing, even after four (or five) drinks. He almost wants to hunt down Tavi and ask for advice, but that would mean asking Tavi for advice, and even the headache he has now is less painful than that would be.

Come on, brain... work faster!

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"Please Max, will you help me? Take me away from this place! Though I will understand if you refuse, as I have lead you on so terribly." Sniffle.

Is she laying it on too thick? Coyote peers coyly up at him to check.

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Max's world doesn't have cars, so he doesn't know that he looks like the proverbial deer in the headlights.

She wants him to... save her? Take her away? That's... terrifying.

Sure she's hot, but... running away means taking responsibility. He blinks. He swallows. "Um..."

Please don't start crying, please don't start crying, please don't start crying...

[howling_laugh]

Crying would be too much, she decides, and cuts that out of the act. "I understand if you need some time to think. We...we can meet again? I promise that we will not be disturbed, this time."

A pause, as she switches to sultry instead of sulky. "I would be so very grateful..."

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Her timing is perfect. Just as Max is about to back off and distance himself from her she turns that voice and that look on him.

No one's ever accused Max of having good judgment, after all.

"I... yeah... I need some time to think about it." He blinks. Did he really just say that?

[howling_laugh]

Yes, yes he did. Coyote leans up and gives him a brief kiss. "Thank you, Max. I will leave you to it. Thank you for giving me a chance."

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Max waits until she's definitely out of sight (he doesn't even leer at her as she walks away, and that's an opportunity he usually passes up) before he smacks his head into the table.

Twice.

And then again for good measure.

He needs a whole lot more to drink.

[howling_laugh]

Coyote barely makes it out of sight before laughing so hard she has to sit down.