Though, they didn't speak it out loud, but neither of them wanted to bear the costs and stigma of fighting in public, especially in a place such as this. The price was too steep to pay. Eadweard knew that if for some reason people heard they had fought in a brothel, they would immediately assume that the squabble had been about a prostitute. Both men (especially Eadweard) couldn't have people thinking all that. Besides, that would also incur a lifetime of being banned from 'Spring." Eadweard could endure the stigma, but he definitely couldn't do without his frequent visits to the "Spring"
They trudged on in silence. No one said a thing, not even the usually talkative Eadweard. It truly appeared as if he had done some growing up since his last altercation with Xzavier in public. They soon came up on an empty space of land that was located behind the alley that led to the brothel.
