Session 16: Keep the Blood Off the Streets

After the fight ends, the City Watch arrives. A tense interrogation, a near arrest, and a warning that draws a hard line between the streets above and the shadows below.
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Gather. Laugh. Roll
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