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The rain was coming down in relentless sheets, the sound of it drumming against the corrugated metal roof of the makeshift arena. The air was thick with the stench of sweat, blood, and cheap alcohol. Vi sat slumped in the corner, her head hanging low, the remnants of her latest opponent still fresh on her knuckles.
She barely registered the shouts and jeers of the crowd, their voices fading into a dull roar in her ears as she walked away- walking to the only place she knew other.