‘But very well. Dear Mayor, given the nature of the Uprising and its focus on the heinous practice of slavery, the Fist has authorized me to announce the following.’ He then stepped forward, both hands grasping Silgar’s brocaded lapels, and in a single motion, Gruff lifted the portly man from the chair he had been sitting on, dragged him close and said, ‘Fuck you and your reparations.’ He then flung the man against the nearest wall.
