Even alleyways aroudn here tend to have things in them. In this case, it was a stray cat, which screams and jolts out into the road when disturbed. And this gets the attention of a kid sitting on a stoop a few doors over, just counting out his day's takings.

Ezra hates bullies. He always has but he hates them even more now that he knows the terror they inspire in his victims, and he can feel it pulsing out of the alleyway now. So he hops down onto the street, grabs a choice stone from his pocket and loads up his beanshooter, ready.

He takes a second at the mouth of the alley, lines up his shot...

...and then he sees who it is being yelled at, and what the well dressed gentleman is saying.

"...the fuck?" he says out loud, dropping his stone to the floor.