Affinities, Aspirations, and an Austere Daily Life

The smoke rises in the morning, fills the air and crowds the barrier that shelters the town of Hanneson. The city wakes, stirred by their alarms and the clanging of the city clock rather than the shine of morning like the rest of the world.

And all through the bustle, two brothers get to work scouring the roofs of homes, grease smudged on their faces and clothing soiled with soot.