On the other side of the divided roadway passes a phalanx of gangers, riding 
their choppers two-abreast. Raman recognizes the colors as those of the Paradise 
Slayers, who claim the east side of the Delaware as their own. Their most 
dangerous fighters are tuskers. Raman has been forced to kill or maim one or 
more members of the Slayers at various times in the past. Now, he notes several 
of the riders turning their heads as if looking at him as they pass. Rather than 
give the Slayers any chance to interfere in his biz tonight, Raman turns at the 
next traffic light, then guns the chopper’s engine.