Chapter 5
no matter the rain -
names no deluge can clean foul
mean streets like corpses
The sky had opened over Chalinex City to purge the filth from the streets, but all it did was make the smell of dissolution more present. No petrichor here, only the fetid scent of rotting flesh and humanity crammed between the seams of stone like mortar. I didn't mind the rain but this was not my city. A man bumped into me, hard.
“Yokai,” he spat.
I pulled my hood up over my head and glared at his back, sending the driving rain towards him, causing him to stumble.
“Pig,” I whispered. Though to be fair I rather liked pigs. Bigots, not so much. Still, the encounter reminded me to take care here, stay focused and keep my head up. I was so used to the wilds and Prime, but there were so many newcomer
