43 - They're only gangsters.
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Let's get something straight. The Braxons call
themselves "chieftains", and that makes some
sense, but it's not like they're leaders of an
indigenous band or anything like that. I heard
some people the other day call them that, and I
don't know where that dumbass idea is coming
from. Maybe them? Nice try. Back when things were
messed up and the republic was cutting its losses,
the Braxons swooped in and grabbed control. But
before that they were just this gangster family
that controlled most of the fentanyl around
here. That's all they are. To say otherwise is
kind of disrespectful to real indigenous people, I
think. But anyways, it reminds me that I'd better
go pay my tax at the fort tomorrow so they don't
break my finger again.
I remember those times, when the Braxons sort of
moved in on here. It was like you'd see more of
the Olds coming in every week back then, in those
big marches out of the mountains like they used to
do. It was mostly centaurs back then, and
gnomes. Things were getting pretty unruly around
here before, but they really blew apart after the
Davis Inquiry wrapped up. It didn't go the way the
portal-ers and the AV's thought it should, and
when they went on the rampage, so many people just
disappeared in those months. And I'll never know
for sure what happened to Beth but it's probably
whatever they did to all the rest that spoke
against them. And I try not to talk about it, but
I miss her so much every day, and the kids
too. And so I got to talk to PJ about the ogre in
the morning. It's past time we got on that
again. At least that's a situation that maybe we
can fix one day.
