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They were waiting for me in the dark. The purest darkness swirled with the vapors of the night, and they were pierced by the fire of the fire. Empty mouths of streets going nowhere. Too hard ground, as for the feet of such a lost one. But they waited, leaving a secret among the corpses.

- You still killed Beam.

I stopped. Pain pounded through my nerves, fatigue huddled in every muscle, lost thoughts were replaced by clear realizations.

- Killed - impassively answered, not even trying to see the invisible.

- Do you know what you did?

- It was revenge.

Words of recognition that took on a new meaning. Not just revenge - it was pleasure.

- We had an agreement with Beam. Now it's broken.

- And now what?

- This city is ours.

The rats didn't show up, but I was sure I really heard their voice. Despite the death fever bubbling in the body. It was not delusion, hallucination, imagination.

- You broke the contract that held us ten years. Now it's our turn to pay for the service. Tell me what do
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