Edison finally managed to hide the two disabled men behind a dumpster before standing up and dusting off his waistcoat and straightening his bowler hat.  He stepped as nonchalantly from the alley as his adrenaline flooded body could manage giving a glance around for the woman and child but seeing nothing.  He brushed himself off once again and moved onward towards the Valve and Sprocket seeking some liquid fortification.  Strange things were happening in the city lately, Edison tried to keep to his own business but odd occurrences just seemed to keep finding him.  Maybe it was time to check things out.