SOLVEIL - THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
Damon Tavian was cool under pressure. Beta shit. Part of the job. That was up until the moment Blair Drakencrest told a pimp to go fuck himself and strolled through an alley like the surrounding carriages were gift shops.
And just like that, his Beta composure caught fire.
How did they get there? Excellent question. The answer, like many answers this week, started with Brennan Pike.
The mage had a talent for finding loopholes in wards.
Useful? Absolutely.
But the loopholes tended to lead him to back alleys where people got high, the elderly carried switchblades, and hepatitis thrived. Every civilization had them. It didn't matter how advanced the architecture, enlightened the culture, or happy the people, behind all of it you'll always find at least one place where civilization took off its clothes.
And Brennan Pike was the guy to find it.
