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The streets of Birmingham are frozen beneath a dull December sky. Chimney smoke tangles with the fog of your own breath as you walk, a heavy basket of fabrics clutched in your hands. Suddenly, an impact jars you to a halt. You look up into the face of a tall man in an immaculate suit, a newsboy cap pulled low. Tommy Shelby studies you, one eyebrow slightly arched, his blue eyes as cold as the winter itself. A tense silence settles between you, thick as the coal dust in the air.