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Moment of Awesome - Sarah Rushman/Marrow: A group of mansionites, checking out an underground fighting ring for lols, meet the boss's daughter, Sarah. She greeted people as they passed, as equally friendly with the men in boxing regalia as she was with the older folks who came up to greet her father. As one boxer left, one of the men in suits sighed and leaned in behind her. "Sarah, I wish you would put your coat back on. I don't like the way he was staring at you." She clenched her fists at her sides, but only momentarily before she took a breath and regained her composure. She turned. "Sebastian, you are my half-brother so I am going to try my best to be nice about this. I am an adult and probably more capable than most of the men in here." She smiled sweetly and lowered her voice, leaning in. "And if you continue to try to talk to me like I am a helpless child, I will drag you into that ring by your hair and we will see who can take care of themselves. Are we clear?" Gabriel, eavesdropping, decided he liked this woman. The older man strode away, and so he figured this was an in. "Sorry to interrupt," he said as he approached her, a little nervous given her apparent demeanor. "I'm — you're clearly in charge here in some way," he addressed her, ignoring the suited man near her because he sensed it would play better. "What's a guy got to do to get in the ring?" As if she had flipped a switch, Sarah's face brightened and her body language opened up as she looked him over. "Finally someone here has some sense," she laughed, "though, if you really want to know who's in charge it's my Dad over there. We've run this place for generations." She had made this pitch a hundred times before. Leaning in, she smiled like they shared a secret. "I have his ear though, if you really want to fight. Let's start with you telling me your name and who you're here with?" "He's with us!" Kyle waved, big grin and arm in the air. "I mean, probably." He glanced at Gabe, and shrugged. "Badass lady I don't know, this is Gabe, who is cool, America, who is also a badass and Arthur, who is pretty badass too and has a cute dog." Somehow Kyle had managed to get another beer. "How do we get into the ring? I mean I know he asked that, but. Valid question." Sarah tapped Kyle's shoulder gently and the touch felt more solid than expected. "First, you don't get into the ring tonight because you're drinking and we aren't in the business of hosting bar brawls." She smiled, and tapped her own chest. "Second, I'm Sarah, though 'badass lady' is potentially the most fun thing I have been referred to this week. And third," she turned back to Gabe, slickly handing him a card with a phone number on it from her pocket, "you put yourself in the pool, and we put you on the fight schedule. You get your winnings in cash. If you're good, you can quit your day job."