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I’d like to thank :iconderananasking: for help with this part.  For months I fought with crippling writer’s block.  I had no idea where I was really going with the story.  He suggested this angle with Claire and my writer’s block evaporated.
It was early morning when Daniel finally got back to the police station.  The group didn’t do much the entire time.  They left a bag in an alleyway every now and then, but that was it.  Jack finally cleared him to come back.  The Gryphon was exhausted and sore.  He wanted to fall in his usual spot and sleep for a week.  He could see the sun peaking over the horizon off in the distance.
He landed on the rooftop and his breath caught as he saw Phillip waiting for him.  Without preamble, the augury opened up his pouch and pulled out a golden monocle with a long chain.  He held it out to Daniel.
Daniel accepted the artifact and stepped back.  He nodded.  It was the

It's been a while since the last main story update, so I think a recap is in order:
First off, I decided to change ‘The Black Fists’ to ‘The Black Hand.’  It’s a name you hear a lot in video games, usually referring to terrorist groups.  The name was originally inspired by a turn-of-the-century terrorist group that assassinated an Austrian duke named Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an event that set off World War 1.
Jack refuses Shorak's offer for help to defeat the Black Hand.  As a result, Shorak holds Claire and friends ransom to try and force the matter.  It's revealed by Claire that Jack isn't really her brother, though it remains unclear who he actually is and where Claire's real brother is.  Claire's condition deteriorates.  Jess and Ryder team up to escape from the Iron Talons' Camp to get Claire help, got help from a Shrieker Pigeon (a servant of The Siren, one of the leaders of the Black Hand) during the effort.  It's