[ If he truly was from her world's past, then she supposes she'd need to give him a run-down of the whole situation. ]
Yeah. It's... not easy, honestly. [ She tilts her head, examining something on her hand for a moment before continuing. ] America, Asia, those names - they're of the old world, right? It's almost been forgotten completely.
[ The old world, when resources were still plentiful... It's something that her people can only envision in dreams. ]
I'm from Tokyo. It's the one name that's left, I think. [ Simeon skipped that part while telling her about the past, and the databases only had Japanese names. ] We don't live in nations anymore, only Panopticons. There aren't enough resources to go around anymore, so all the fighting's involved in taking them.
[ It's a dog eat dog world. ]
We get by, but once in a while Abductors from On High come to steal and pillage. That's when most of the fighting is. [ And most of the casualties, too. ]
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Yeah. It's... not easy, honestly. [ She tilts her head, examining something on her hand for a moment before continuing. ] America, Asia, those names - they're of the old world, right? It's almost been forgotten completely.
[ The old world, when resources were still plentiful... It's something that her people can only envision in dreams. ]
I'm from Tokyo. It's the one name that's left, I think. [ Simeon skipped that part while telling her about the past, and the databases only had Japanese names. ] We don't live in nations anymore, only Panopticons. There aren't enough resources to go around anymore, so all the fighting's involved in taking them.
[ It's a dog eat dog world. ]
We get by, but once in a while Abductors from On High come to steal and pillage. That's when most of the fighting is. [ And most of the casualties, too. ]