Whilst Max walked into the shop Jack had been reading from his book. It was old fashioned but he was an old fashioned guy. He was going to bind a soul if it was the last thing he did. Or he would have to deal with a singing suit of armor forever. He would be the laughing stock of his family if he did that. It could be the soul being bound. He found it endlessly hilarious that the blood Mage was packing heat. He did not need the gun only his dagger. 

Warning bells started to ring in his head as Max said they had to take the case. That usually entailed some Unspeakable Horror or creature of the night rising to eat the tasty humans. It would require the team to kick it back to whatever put it crawled out of and make sure it stayed. 

He was going to answer when he was interrupted in the way only Max could pull off. If they were not friends things would be different. "You know what? I swore I felt something following me near my apartment. Odd. My protection ward would forbid that... Unless it could get past the wards...Never mind that. I was trying to bind a soul to a suit of armor. It failed. The damn thing started to sing Carmen at the top of its voice. "Jack grumbled. This was not his first failure while he was with the team. There was one where the armor tried to eat the team. That had been fun to fix... "I texted them, Max. They are just busy. " He said trying to placate his friend. Patience was not his virtue...

"Dare I ask what we are after? " Jack took a sip of his coffee. "A great Old One?" Jack joked."Oh maybe it is some creature from beyond the veil of time and space?" He saw Henry walking towards the shop.Jack waved her over to their table.