The arena reeked of sweat, oil, and old blood. Nakoa leaned against a rusted railing, hood low over his silver-streaked eyes. Around him, the crowd buzzed—hacked-up mercs, burnouts, ex-fighters clinging to glory. The cage in the center waited, lit by a single swinging light. It wasn’t glamorous. Nothing in Basler’s underbelly was. But it was real. He didn’t speak. Didn’t smile. Just watched. The modeling contracts, the chrome enhancements, the cameras—they felt a galaxy away down here. Up there, he was a product. Here, he was just curious. The fighters bled. They screamed. They broke. And Nakoa couldn’t look away, and tonight's fight, was no exception. His yellow eyes snapped up as the megaphone voice rang out.
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