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I’m able to escape the garden party with minimal additional interaction related to Adair. once I leave, my plan is to avoid Adair for all eternity.
My reality becomes somewhat different. Turns out, there’s this blasted Scala Heir awakening ceremony I must attend. I try to avoid it. Feign that I’m too busy. Too tired. Hell, I even try out Silvinio’s intestinal cramp concept.
Yet there’s no avoiding it.
I must attend this blasted ceremony.
All of which is why I now ride Nightshade into the parking lot outside Purgatory Arena. Pausing, I soak in the scene. Beyond the asphalt, there stand rows of industrial buildings made from chipped brick, along with a few warehouses constructed with rusted-out metal. Classic Purgatory.
Night whinnies. It’s her way of saying, stop stalling.
Leaning
