William sits in an alleyway next to a bar in the Lower Ward, waiting.

  As Ferrul steps out, William pounces, gets on Ferrul's shoulders and holds the knife given to him by Thorne up high, ready to kill.

  Earlier that night, Ferrul and Madison continue a tradition the two started after Warren's memorial.

  The two had been gathering ever night, that they were both available, and drinking until one of them either passed out or had to leave.

  And tonight, Madison had to leave early for some important business, which was being taken advantage of by William, who'd come to learn that the two of them gather at the same bar almost every night.

  Ferrul steps out of the bar, almost immediately being attacked by William.

  He doesn't react though, he lets William try stabbing him.

  The old, rusty knife simply shattered on Ferrul's hard, dense skin.

  He then picks William up off of his shoulders, bringing him into the alley to talk with him.

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  "What'dya need little guy?"

  Ferrul was a bit drunk but his deep voice still sounded caring.

  William responds, through tears, clearly expecting more to happen than just a talk after being caught.

  "I need a home."

  Ferrul smiles a bit, taking pity on the small boy.

  "I'll get you some food and a home, you can stay in my quarters, that sound okay?"

  William nods sadly.

  "Mh- mhm"

  Ferrul carries the tiny, almost childlike William up to his quarters, where food is already out.

  William quickly falls asleep on a small chair in the quarters after eating.

  Ferrul follows quickly after in his huge bed.

  In the middle of the night, William wakes up and becomes curious, he wanders the halls before making it to a huge set of iron doors on the ground floor.

  The doors say "TITANHOLD" across the front.

  He sits in the shadows before Lucius walks through the doors, somehow not noticing his presence.

  He follows behind Lucius until they get to the bottom floor of Titanhold, where a man sits in a cell, Lucius was there to give him food.

  Lucius quickly throws the food into the cell and leaves, allowing William to roam mostly free in Titanhold.

  Cyrus chuckles.

  "How'd you get in here, kid?"

  William doesn't respond.

  "You don't need to suppress your Aura in here, y'know, I can tell you've got a ton, must be a lot of work keeping it under wraps."

  William looks at him, confused.

  A grin is injected into Cyrus' face, he has an idea.

  "Hey, kid, if I give you food, will you let me teach you some things about this city?"

  William immediately takes the offer, ready to listen.

  "You were one of Neverend's experiments, huh?"

  "Well, this'll be a hell of a time."