I'm pretty sure anybody who makes it into that high a position of authority is a liar.
[Nadine offers a tired little smile. Julie has a point, she doesn't really trust any of the governments here. When had a government ever been trustworthy? But they don't have much of a choice, they have to live under one of them. They can't just go live in the woods in the middle of nowhere.]
But at least as far as we know, the Free Cities' leaders aren't torturing any of us or overtly trying to use us. We're really not safe anywhere, at least in the Free Cities we have people we can rely on if something happens. Here...
[It's just them. They're isolated and alone here. It's safer to be with people they can depend on, people who can help if need be.]
The ocean's a lot more impressive than a big lake. I've heard that one of the cities there is the fashion capital of this world, too. And there's museums. And it's warmer there.
[There are, at least, things about the Free Cities that are appealing.]
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[Nadine offers a tired little smile. Julie has a point, she doesn't really trust any of the governments here. When had a government ever been trustworthy? But they don't have much of a choice, they have to live under one of them. They can't just go live in the woods in the middle of nowhere.]
But at least as far as we know, the Free Cities' leaders aren't torturing any of us or overtly trying to use us. We're really not safe anywhere, at least in the Free Cities we have people we can rely on if something happens. Here...
[It's just them. They're isolated and alone here. It's safer to be with people they can depend on, people who can help if need be.]
The ocean's a lot more impressive than a big lake. I've heard that one of the cities there is the fashion capital of this world, too. And there's museums. And it's warmer there.
[There are, at least, things about the Free Cities that are appealing.]