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... another noble youth passing through the slums out of idle curiosity.
He walked past the skinny boy leaning against the alley wall—his figure barely a silhouette, half-swallowed by the choking dust and filth of the crumbling street.
But just as he passed, a bony hand shot out and latched onto his ankle.
"I—I'm sorry!" the boy choked out, voice rasping with desperation. "Please... anything... even scraps. My sister... she—"
Lucien halted.
He looked down at t ...
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