Second world. Harrowgate, a coal-and-iron city of four hundred thousand, where the most valuable institution is not a bank but the Registry of Loans.

• Graphic violence, broken bones, surgical repair
• Terminal illness and an assisted death; chronic illness treated without sentiment
• Exploitation of the poor by a lending institution
• Desire between adults; sex cuts away at the door
• Grief, self-destruction, a suicide by loan
• No slurs written out; contempt for Ash Ward borrowers appears as interest rates

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Text-first draft: backgrounds and character art are generated placeholders and there is no audio yet.