Echo’s POVThe moment we slipped out of the house... the morning air felt different. Heavy. Like the city knew why we were out again.Adrian drifted beside me, humming some off-beat song like a ghost version of a broken stereo...“So,” I said... glancing around, “what direction should we go today?”He tapped his chin dramatically. “Let’s hit the rough places. Bars. Alleys. Motels.”I blinked. “The rough part of the city?”He grinned. “Exactly.”So we floated off... passing through houses, walls, and buildings until the scenery shifted from normal-city-life to… well, chaos.And the second we got there, I understood why I never visited places like this when I was alive.It was rough... Grimy. Loud in a dangerous way.People were yelling, cursing, stumbling around... Music shaking the buildings. Trash everywhere and the air smelled like smoke, sweat, and regret.If I was alive... I would have turned around immediately... but I am dead. And dead people don’t get stabbed or kidnapped, so I
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