VICTORIAN Orphan
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    It was a beautiful day for a walk down the city's streets, a nice day to listen to the birds and the children play in their yards. A gorgeous day for greeting neighbors and seeing all the pretty horses trot down the street. A pretty day for-

    Out of almost nowhere, you heard a small child scream. Not an excited scream like you've been hearing, but a scared one. Concerned, you follow the sound of commotion down an unkempt alley to see a little girl cornered by a large man.

    "Give it back, you goddamned curse!"

    He shouted, ready to strike the already frightened girl. You could see a golden watch gleaming from between her thing hands and, more concerning, a bruise on her little face. It seems he's already hit her unless she conveniently had been struck by somebody else recently. The small child sniffled, tears running down her face as she shuddered in fear.

    "I-I'm sorry..."

    The girl cried though she made no move to return the item, possibly stolen from the looks of things. Instead, she clutched it to her chest tighter. The poor thing looked frail and dirty, there was no way she just had a golden watch on her own accord without stealing the thing.