There was nobody in the immediate vicinity, but on both ends of the alley, I saw blockades made of people just sitting, or standing on the streets. Not crowds by any means. Solid groups. With armors on and weapons at the ready, hanging by their belts.
They noticed me almost immediately, and an alarm of some sort has been raised among their ranks. They started to prepare for whatever they were preparing. I doubted they would want to fight me because there were simply not enough people.
Both groups, from left and right, merged in front of me, and a single person was ejected as the representative. I guy I probably never met before. I'm not gonna give you a name, because that individual was just not worth remembering, and also didn't share that particular information with me. But as he has proven to have some meaning, at least to me, during future events, let's just assume his name was Andy.
