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Piotr split his troops three-quarters, one-quarter. The smaller group was dispatched along The Highway to guard the blockade at the north end of Thomas More Street and deal with any stragglers that managed to get through. They anticipated a relatively easy ride, because the dead could be reassuringly predictable at times. When the larger group launched their main offensive to the south, the whole damn lot of them would be clamouring to get closer to the chaos. Dumb fuckers would be fighting with each other to be next to be cut down, sliced up, and chucked on the fire.
The larger group of fighters marched out along St Katharine’s Way towards the junction with Thomas More Street and Stockholm Way to the south. It was there that temporary barriers had been installed after the most recent
