(You can find Troy in the Amaranthine saga & Brothers of Darkness. This story takes place in New York, sometime before Brothers of Darkness.)

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Troy leaned back against the metal building and stared at the sky. Shreds of clouds drifted past the full moon, like tattered silk, and a lone bird called in the distance. The sound was harsh and eerie.

It was lost on Troy.

God, I am so fucking bored. I don't know why Claudius put me on greeting ...