"Hey, owner, it's been a while. A voice called out to Lucas just as he was attending to the customers in the store.
Lucas turned to the direction of the voice and saw a familiar face. It was Harry, the freelancer who has been a regular customer. He was also one of the very first people to patronise Lucas' store and had been a loyal customer for a long time now. He had even convinced his teammates to patronise Lucas' store, and after the first experience, the Seven Sparks Forge had became the group's unofficial vestige-smith store.
"It's been a while." Lucas nodded at him.
"Such an unenthusiastic welcome despite my disappearance." Harry sighed.
As a freelancer team leader, Harry spent most of his time in the Wastelands. Thanks to the existence of the Wastelands Base station, to provide support for freelancer, Harry hardly made it into the city. That was unless he needed a new vestige or had to carry intense maintenance on his current ones.
[1] Not being a uniformed individual meant the person wasn't of that occupation. In this case, the commissioner of police isn't an actual police officer, neither have they ever worked in the police department.
Second and maybe a third chapter would be up later today.