Place to buy information?"

"So that's the reason everything looks so deserted around here. It's not like we're going to a dodgy place or anything like a trap sir." 

"Yes, I understand." 

Putting aside the fact that, after about ten minutes of walking, the man was clearly leading me to a more isolated and suspicious place, which, of course, wasn't making me uneasy at all or giving me the slightest urge to turn back.

He told me many interesting things about the city. I didn't know if I was really taking an informant with me, but just for what he told me it was worth coming to this dreary place, where a group of thugs would probably show up at any moment. 

Apparently, ten years ago this town functioned as a normal one, dedicated to agriculture and, to some degree, to raising animals for subsistence. But when the crack appeared,