Eternal Malediction
I guess winter didn’t come yet.
The streets outside were busy as always, full of students (the only reason Roy didn’t go to school today was that in week 2 on his timetable he has no lessons, so there is no need for him to turn up), citizens, and vendors shouting their daily chants. The town centre was alive with noise: people bargaining, musicians playing half-decent tunes, and the occasional squad of watch officers patrolling the perimeter like hawks.
Roy lowered his hood and slipped into the crowd.
He wasn’t a fan of shopping, but he wasn’t completely hopeless at it. A few basics, like buying instant rice, tea, some protein bars, and a toothbrush to replace the one Kieran had “accidentall
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