[He'll have to be looking for it, but news will come, though not from Greed. There's a tucked away article way back in the local news section, talking all about how there was some gang warfare recently. Nothing tragic-- oh, there were a lot of injuries, bullet wounds and gashes from knives, blood all dried out on the concrete-- but only one person died, so that's all right. It all ended in a fire that was, thank god, contained only to one building. Arson is suspected, if only because the bar went up like a match, but then, the article adds, it was full of spirits. It's not surprising it burned so quickly.
They aren't yet certain who the corpse belongs to, because it was trapped in the bar at the time. And though the article doesn't actually say this, the police aren't all that interested in IDing the body, frankly. Whomever it was, it likely wasn't anyone important.
A full week passes before Ling hears from Greed again-- and even then, it isn't much. Just an address, texted and sent from a new number. -G, it's signed, but hey, the kid isn't stupid, he knows enough to know who it's from.
It's a busted little building, nothing like the nice one Greed has been living in before. This one looks three steps away from being condemned, and there's definitely a sizable homeless population squatting in it right now. But Greed's waiting in 303, just as the text said, his mouth pinched and the bags under his eyes a little heavier than they'd been before.]
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They aren't yet certain who the corpse belongs to, because it was trapped in the bar at the time. And though the article doesn't actually say this, the police aren't all that interested in IDing the body, frankly. Whomever it was, it likely wasn't anyone important.
A full week passes before Ling hears from Greed again-- and even then, it isn't much. Just an address, texted and sent from a new number. -G, it's signed, but hey, the kid isn't stupid, he knows enough to know who it's from.
It's a busted little building, nothing like the nice one Greed has been living in before. This one looks three steps away from being condemned, and there's definitely a sizable homeless population squatting in it right now. But Greed's waiting in 303, just as the text said, his mouth pinched and the bags under his eyes a little heavier than they'd been before.]