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"Step this way," said the merchant. His voice was dripping with false camaraderie and concern.

The tired traveler followed—grateful to have found someone helpful in this strange city. What the traveler did not notice, however, was that only one set of footsteps followed behind them. They stepped into a secretive alleyway, a "shortcut to respite" the merchant called it.

The traveler would be discovered in the morning—his body shriveled and drained of life— having seemingly fallen from hunger in the alley. His lonely footprints were taken as proof of his solitude.