254 - Swallowing my Pride

"Hey, baby, don't go in there by yourself!" Guardswoman Urapaliha called after me. "Come along now, we'll find your brother." "Guardswoman, has it occurred to you he might have come down this alleyway?" "Yes, yes, sweetie we'll start asking again when we get around to the street on the other side." I ground my teeth and tried to see some trace of Ili's passage in the trash but once