Titan half laughed, half snorted, “Might have known when they did not haggle after seeing that display. Thieving bastards. “ He stopped and thought for a moment, “I suppose we can use the mist when we are outside, hide which way we go. I doubt they will try anything until we go some where quiet.”<br/><br/>The three of them made their way down the stairs and as they went around the bend and thus out of sight a door swung open behind them. Two men, street thugs by their dress and manner came out of the room and followed them down the stairs.<br/><br/>As the group made it’s way to the kitchen, accompanied by various comments directed at Chloe the two reached the bottom of the stairs.<br/>One of them headed across the room and out of the front door whilst the other followed behind the party.<br/><br/>The kitchen was hot with pans belching steam and cooking smells, two young girls where peeling vegetables and turning spits whilst a fat older woman was stirring pots and wiping her brow. They looked at the group and then looked away without comment. It seemed that this was the kind of area where at times it was best to be blind and deaf.<br/><br/><br/>Just as they crossed the kitchen and reached the back door the door to the main room opened and the man appeared. He stopped and then smiled the kind of smile that never reaches the eyes, “Seems that I am not the only one<br/>taking a short cut to Blind’s man alley. Not seen you around before, newcomers eh? If you need any directions, places to get your head down then I am your man.<br/>Lived my life in this city so there is not much I do not know about it.”<br/><br/>For some reason it seemed that the man wished them to stop moving and chat.<br/>