going throughout the lands of metropolis, you are trading with scavengers in a toll.

_ a bit later, you were about to pass through, but you got flung across the toll by a bunch of explosions, killing the scavengers._

you are very injured, and you see a slugcat, munching down on one of the scavengers.

once after that, its head snaps towards you, growling at you in an aggressive manner.

the mark of communication flashes ontop of its head.