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Junction Janet's only roughly shared the menu of the one above, with some basic flatbreads changed to fit the small resources of the Spine and some other basic foods. It managed a reasonable trade with those who wandered the depths, though Topsiders hardly ever managed to make their way far enough in to find the rough gem. The restaurant bore its name proudly from the fact that it was situated in a broken-down and ripped-apart rail car that had stopped in the crossroads of two tunnels. Long ago people had taken two of the five carriages and placed them on each side of the original line on the tracks to form a lopsided X. While it must have taken a huge amount of work, the whole thing seemed apparently worth it. Diners could sit in dilapidated seats next to grimy windows and pay for a reasonable amount of flatbread to fill them up until next time.
A scruffy man by the moniker of Dorn Nobody idly chewed on the latest flavor of Tomato Surprise while he waited. That Boxer fellow was supposed to come around with the goods he'd been waiting for tonight, and he'd naturally chosen a place with a lot of people to make the exchange. No one would even think of doing something like this in private in case of betrayal. Besides, nobody cared. Illegality was the whole nature of the place. You just had to be tougher than the other person and have more friends, and Dorn had plenty of both.
He shifted his weight and tried to peer at the window. The section around Janet's had been renovated due to efforts from the owner and customers to make it almost as safe a place as the Central Market. This encouraged more people to come and brought in even better business. Win-win, he reflected with a grim smile.
A black-clad figure entered through one leg of the X and brushed past his row of seats. The first thing his eyes noted was that they were too small and lean to be the man he was waiting for. He glanced again from behind and noted the curves. Probably female, but who could really tell?
In any case, here was Boxer Nobody striding toward him. Thoughts of that other Nobody went to the back of his mind.
