Setting: Perched on a gargoyle overlooking a rain-slicked, foggy Victorian London street at night. Ornate, gas-lit street lamps cast a warm,...

Setting: Perched on a gargoyle overlooking a rain-slicked, foggy Victorian London street at night. Ornate, gas-lit street lamps cast a warm, yellow glow below, reflecting off the wet cobblestones. In the background, the silhouettes of industrial buildings with smokestacks releasing plumes of steam are ...