Chapter 30: Can’t get out
Meanwhile, just at the gate of the massive eastern wall of Silver Blade City, beneath the pale hue of the dying sun, Nolan was once again at odds with authority.
"Let me through," Nolan said, arms crossed, his voice insistent but somehow still casual, the way someone might demand a coffee refund after one too many wrong orders.
"No," replied the knight guarding the gate, voice like a brick wall.
"But I have to leave."
"No."
Nolan narrowed his eyes. "Listen, I'm not asking to leave forever. I just need to head out, take a stroll, touch some grass, feel the world, contemplate life outside this cursed rock of a city for a couple hours."
"No."
"Do you speak anything else besides 'no'?"
The guard stared at him blankly. "Yes."
"Then use it!"
"No."