20: Piran
Piran
Piran didn’t want to return. Guilio Gill said things would take a while, but should be fine. He also said he wanted to see Piran again, just to check on things. He’d had cases where an anomaly had appeared, and he didn’t want to risk damage to Piran’s lattice.
Covering his own back, Piran reckoned. And the creep would probably find something wrong on purpose, charge another thousand to put it right.
Not like anyone round here was trustworthy, was it? Den of thieves and murderers, Brice had said.
And he was no help. He’d gone walking, refused to come along. Said Piran would be fine. Piran almost wanted to be attacked in one of these dodgy streets, show Brice up for the arsehole he was. So long as it didn’t hurt too much.
Nobody attacked. He got a few hard stares, a sne
