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“Move! You’re in the road!”

I recoil from the blaring noise coming with the annoyed screams.

“Oh shut up you dirt-eater! Can’t you see I’m blind?!”

What’s this punk talking about “in the road?” This ain’t a road. Roads are steel and electricity suspended two bodies’ high in the air! Ya’d be an idiot to get on them. It’s impossible to get in them.

Now, to be fair, I have no clue what I’m standing on – it’s smelly like tar and abnormally flat. Which does sound like more Hiver insanity, if ya ask me (I know you didn’t, but here we are, talking anyway).

“Where’d you learn your manners!?” I add. I wave Umberuin again. I’m tempted to activate the blade functions. I don’t. Idiots in suits say smoking is bad, what’ll they say about a blind guy wielding a multi-blade?

The punk and the noise – what is that?! So loud. Roaring towards me. – starts cussing up a storm. He’s almost better than me, ain’t that something?

“Get out of the way!” He hollers.

Ah, yes, I know exactly where that is, don’t I? “MAKE ME DUST-PUNK!”

A pointless challenge – I’m known for them – I just need to buy time to get out of the glass pile. My boots are not up to Ranger-snuff and hadn’t been a while.

Money tight, ya’know punks? Anyway, I’m pretty sure I want to go away from the roaring noise buuuuuuut there’s roaring all around me!

Is now a good time to mention I’ve never ever been good at determining the directions of sounds? I think I have some damage in my ears…

Well now isn’t this a helpful train of thought!

I pat my pockets and find a smoke grenade. It’ll replenish my supply of smoke much faster than my “health-hazard habit” but people tend to frown on explosions – even small harmless ones – in populated areas.

Especially areas where someone was literally murdered.

Flooded tunnels! That actually happened! And I didn’t have anything to do with it?! This Place really is ending!

Why, why, why, why did I have to fall through a hole in reality? Huh punks? Why?

One smoke grenade and I can level the playing field.

But, I’ve only got ten.

Is it worth it?

Gotta feeling time is running out.