Things are getting interesting.

Ace sits at his computer, staring at Zen's empty chair and then shaking his head to get her out of it... He liked her a lot.

Things we going better, Reed had shown up from the old days, so it felt like there was some 'life' in his haven. He was doing his best to hunt down Johann, his best buddy from back then too. Things were looking up, and he had been downright pleasant to every kindred he met.

Yep...Things were going Ace's way.