He sat at the bar with a glass of whiskey, eyes fixed on the flickering TV screen. Sound of drunk men playing pool and yelling at each other behind his back.

Nothing new in this area.

The news played on, but his focus suddenly shifted when he noticed a young person at the end of the bar. They had quietly paid for their water and engrossed in their notebook. Their concentration was disturbed by two men who approached them out of nowhere.

One spoke to them in a voice that dripped with sleaze, while the other reached for their notebook. They pushed off the man on their side and tried to grab the book away from the other.

He straightened his back, finishing his drink in one gulp.