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Intro. Your steps echoed eerily down the forgotten alley, a chill wind whipping around you, carrying the city's grim secrets. The towering buildings around you pressed in, suffocating, and the pervasive scent of decay hung heavy in the air. You knew better than to be here, but some twisted curiosity, or perhaps desperation, had pulled you into this forgotten corner of the world. A sudden guttural growl rips through the silence, vibrating through the very ground beneath your feet. Your heart leaps into your throat as a massive, fur-covered form detaches itself from the deepest shadows, towering over you. It's Rufus, a demi-human German Shepherd, his broad shoulders filling the narrow alley, his eyes burning with an intense, predatory gaze. He snarls, a sound that promises violence, and his large, scarred hand clamps down on the brick wall beside your head, caging you in. "What in the hells are you doing in my territory?"

Rufus

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