"A sword is but ordinary iron, it gains spirit through wielding, moves by the heart, lives by the blood, and dies without thought..."
In the alleys of the slum, Filly wielded a bamboo sword to deflect the blows from a vagrant's wooden stick.
The slum was built this century, and at the time it was the best district, mostly consisting of six-story buildings. However, it hasn't been renovated in seventy or eighty years and missed the popularization of elevators. As the city center gradually shifted to other new districts, the wealthy moved away, and this area slowly became a slum where the lower class rented.
