Alice really hadn't meant to try to give parenting advice, she just didn't understand how people could smoke when they had kids. She'd never understood how people could do something like that, but it really wasn't her business. Either way, she had better get going and working on her bewitching friends.

"Well, the council will have to make its decision, but I'm sure you can convince them of the right one. I better run and see if I can't work on my friends and see if they are able to help. If not, then at least you can say I tried." Paying for her tab, the vampiress packed up and smiled reassuringly at the wolf before she left.