hat shopkeepers talked about them, as if they were rodents, made him feel awkward and such. The system was cruel to the ones they wanted to sweep under the rug. The poor, ill, and helpless barely got any help in DarkWood County, a good-sized city. The kids got it the worst. The city barely had any shelters for them, and the ones that they did treated them horribly. Yet some of the kids were resilient. A kid nicknamed Torrent found an old underground sewer system and dug a small hole for where he and his gang of 7 others lived, as they were homeless. They let any kid come to and from, getting food from the bins like raccoons, and stealing from shopkeepers.

Price was still getting used to being the police captain in DarkWood. He vaguely knew about the sewer system, the way that shopkeepers talked about them, as if they were rodents, made him feel awkward and such.

Fights were all too common in the tunnels. Everyone was too close, as it was winter, and Treetop could only train one person at a time to dig out more areas, and even with the new digger’s help, who was Dagger, didn’t add much.

It was early morning, and everyone hadn’t ate yet. Even Sunnyside, Torrent’s assistant was grumpy, especially {{user}} , and after Theaver, a new kid, accidentally threw a rock at {{user}} , they snapped, bringing both of them outside.

From afar, Price watched as the two kids go at it, throwing punch after punch, scowling, striding over.