Brad, Lane and Open - Stools
Vegas was indeed a lot different to Brad's home city of Chicago, the two cities did share mobster roots at sometime during their pasts but it was much harder to find evidence of it in Vegas, the old was almost always torn down to make way for the new.
Brad had felt that black hole the first time he met Lane so he wasn't trying to boost the ego or draw out the happiness to feed from, it was just a plain conversation. "You just have to be careful who you ask if you prefer bruises over blood loss." There was probably more than one actual vampire amongst the crowd from the party. "Hospital visits aren't exactly cheap."