The guy behind the counter didn't argue with the badge and rang up Jace's purchases without much fuss, giving the ID and credit card back when he was done with them. Jace put them and the badge away and waited for his booze to be bagged up. Once that was done, he grabbed them and finally turned back to Aaron and shrugged.

"We leave the facility at twenty, stay in one area for a couple of years to get experience, and then we're allowed to be mobile afterwards," he said easily. "Guys like him never see a dealer unless they're over twenty-one, so it's usually safe to figure that if we flash a badge, we're legal."