It fit their modus operandi. They had been bums, drunks and addicts, looked down on others, before Leviathan came. In the wake of what Leviathan had done to the city, leaving everything in shambles, with social services gone or in chaos and even basic utilities in short supply, everyone else had been brought down to their level.
…which would be why they had a membership boost. I see.
The Merchants were even, I suspected, thriving.
Yeah, judging by what Piggot told us, that would be accurate.
With strength in numbers and virtually nothing holding them back, they had become like pack animals. They roamed the city in bands of three to twenty, robbing, raping, pillaging and stealing.
Eesh.
They were settling in some of the better areas, the neighborhoods that still had power or water, and forcing the existing residents out.
I mean I get that many of them got the short straw, but that doesn’t justify stealing the long straws.
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