[Rainbowfox Ari]

The man stepped aside, and canted his head to the broken catboy.

"Be my guest. I don't mind if he dies at this point. He's already useless to me if he can't stand up and work."

He backed off just a bit, but kept his eyes on both the boy selling him something, and the thief that wanted to take something. Neither of which was going to get the better hand. He could haggle with the best of them, and both blades weren't exactly just for show.

The catboy lay there on the ground in front of the boy, limp and nearly lifeless. Blood trickled out of his mouth and was starting to pool on the ground, since he wasn't able to move. One eye was blackened and swollen shut, his lip was cracked and bleeding, and multiple blood spots dotted his ragged outfit. He WAS breathing, but it was slight, and didn't look like it could last much longer.