[ Zero wasn't sure if they were losing anything to be quite honest. His lens of New Mecca was so very limited and controlled by his handlers and right as he ended up breaking free of it all he found himself stumbling here. ]

I imagine the common people of the upper districts don't think much of us anymore. People seem to forget things easily. [ He could still recall the way so many people spurned the vets when they returned home from a war they should have won. They were hated and pushed into destitution. ]

The government feels differently. They're the ones trying to cover up their mistakes. [ He knew from talk of the other vets that there was rioting and the public - those "hippies" in the first district - fanned the flames of hatred for the war but he wondered if it was only them that caused this treatment. He'd had enough time to sit here and think about the past - week? month? year? whatever it was he just went through - to let his mind wander. ]

I've started to wonder if they had some part in creating the division because it's convenient for them. Nobody listens to people in the third district. Nobody cares. [ Not even the cops. ] Anything happens and they just blame it on drugs.