Legend

You toss the pouch away into a nearby sewer grating.

"Pah! You idiot! You could've sold that yourself!" Azoth scolds.
"NO! You know how much that was worth?!" the young man shouts.
"I suggest you get out of here and never come back if you value your life." you warn.
"Alright, maybe you win this day, but my friends in the Ebony Claw Syndicate will hear of this and then we'll see whose territory this is!"

"Hah! I'm familiar with the Ebony Claw Syndicate and this little pissant isn't it! He doesn't even have the tattoo on his shoulder that's MANDATORY, for all members! He's a wannabe at best! Anyway are you gonna let him talk that way to you? This kid needs to learn to respect his elders." Azoth remarks.

When you pull your weapon, the young man's eyes widen and he takes off instantly. You manage to chase him down into a dead end alley. Having little choice he puts his back against the wall, pulls his dagger and prepares to fight you.

YOUNG MAN
SKILL: 7
STAMINA: 9

When you reduce his STAMINA to 3 or less, he'll beg for mercy which you provide. The young man is bloody, tearful and has probably soiled himself during all of this. He's so pathetic that you almost feel like killing him would be putting him out of his misery.

"(sob) Please…don't kill me! My name's Calvin...I'm just doing this to support my dying mother!(sob!)"
"Yeah right! What're you doing? Finish him off!" Azoth remarks.
"Look, I think he's learned his lesson…"
"Nonsense! Look, if you're going to insist on protecting this soup kitchen that you seem to have taken an interest in, you can't do it half-assed! You need to punish these damn low lives swiftly! Besides if you let him go, he'll probably try to get revenge on you later. Hell, maybe he'll even bring some of those Syndicate buddies of his. You really want to risk that?"

You hate to admit it, but in some ways Azoth DOES have a point.

You have 2 choices:

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