[He took in a breath once they stepped in the elevator, hitting the button for the fourth floor and taking a moment to gather his thoughts.]

You know, at first I thought there were a lot of us. But... now that we're not all stuck in the same area... I think you're right.

[This whole place was strangely half-empty. Sure, most of the city was without power, but where did all those people go? Had they... just died, or been relocated? There didn't seem to be enough space in the two powered districts to house an entire city's worth of people, whether outsiders were there or not.]