AERIS: [stumbles for words] I-I'm just a visitor. I'm not here to cause trouble. [slowly lowers his talon in front of his face] I-I've been hurt, and I'm looking for someone to help me.
SEAWING #2: Ahh, you need help, mate? [continues walking toward Aeris] Why don't we figure out who you are first?
SEAWING #3: Don't move.
[the SeaWings surround Aeris, checking him. Suddenly, one of the SeaWings notices Aeris's armband, quickly figuring out that he's working for Burn. Unbeknownst to them, Aeris has been keeping his knife in his talon. With one quick strike, Aeris slashes a SeaWing's throat, killing her]
[the SeaWing drops onto the ground. Aeris leaps at another SeaWing, slicing his arm before he can reach for his own weapon. Aeris steps onto the SeaWing's tail, stabbing his neck from the back and killing him. Aeris kicks the SeaWing's body at another SeaWing, pinning him against the wall]
[Aeris turns, blocking an incoming attack from the fourth SeaWing, snapping his wrist and causing him to drop his knife. Aeris picks up his knife, kicking him multiple times in the arm before throwing his knife right at the center of his chest]
[the last SeaWing leaps after Aeris from behind, knocking him onto the ground. The SeaWing gets on top of Aeris, but he manages to throw him off of him. Aeris painfully stands as he grabs his wound, charging at the SeaWing and kicking him against the wall]
[Aeris grabs the SeaWing's head, slamming him hard against the wall. Aeris continuously slammed the SeaWing's head against the wall, eventually stopping and dropping his dead body onto the ground. A blood stain is left on the wall and slithers downward to where the SeaWing is lying]
[Aeris looks at the dead SeaWings scattered around him, grabbing his bag and armband from the ground. He takes a few steps forward before stumbling onto the ground, wincing from his stab wound]
[Aeris crawls weakly over to a wall, pulling himself upward painfully and leaning against it. He hears loud screams and explosions outside the alley, lying his head back and listening to horror happening around the city. He hears a building collapsing in the distance, and he trembles as he breathes]
[out of nowhere, a SeaWing emerges, startling Aeris, who quickly goes for his knife. Aeris flinches back and points the knife at the SeaWing, who has both his talons raised in the air. The SeaWing is carrying a bag around his shoulder]
UNKNOWN SEAWING: Let's not do this. I am not them. I do not wish to hurt you. [steps out of the shadow and reveals himself] I don't work for Blister... or any of the sisters.
AERIS: You're a SeaWing...
UNKNOWN SEAWING: Not all of us work for them.
AERIS: Then what are you here for?
UNKNOWN SEAWING: Just for work.
AERIS: What work?
UNKNOWN SEAWING: It's highly confidential.
AERIS: [suspicious] Oh, shit, really?
UNKNOWN SEAWING: [notices Aeris's stab wound] You're hurt. I can help you.
AERIS: I don't need help.
UNKNOWN SEAWING: You do, SkyWing. There's a whole war going on outside the alleys right now, and if you step out there, you're dead. [pauses] Now I know you don't have anything in that bag, so you either gonna get lucky and starve yourself, [points at Aeris's wound] or bleed yourself to death before sunrise.
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