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Ch. 4: "You don't know what it's like out there!"
"During my time spent in the Safe-Zone, LB, Dany, and I often went exploring throughout the sector we lived in."
"The Safe-Zone was comprised of several sectors, which were basically towns where people could live and work in. There were big sectors and small sectors."
"Some of the bigger, more prominent sectors were tasked with certain jobs. Such as creating weapons, growing food, making supplies, etc."
"But most of the Safe-Zone was made up of the area not used by the sectors."
"They were large grassy and wild areas, which resembled a lot like the world outside the Safe-Zone."
"Except that these areas are much neater and prettier. Not to mention that there wasn't any dragons roaming around in every corner."
"Whenever the three of us went out, we tried to learn as much as we can about our new home."
"We would often go to the town squares, or large inns and restaurants, wherever there were lots of people. And then ask them questions."
"Questions about the construction of the Safe-Zone. The durability of it. How the people organized their lives in here. And more."
"Most people would not take us seriously because we were young, and they probably didn't want to waste their time mentoring some ignorant children."
"But luckily, we met a nice man named Cedar, who took us under his wing and taught us what he knew about the Safe-Zone."
"Cedar was a member of the Guard Force, one of the three military legions of the Safe-Zone."
"The Guard Force maintains the edges of the Safe-Zone."
"Keeping it in check and constantly re-applying the musk that prevents dragons from detecting the presence of the Safe-Zone."
"Cedar would answer our questions whenever Mika, Yarys, or Regan couldn't answer them."
"Mika would often be pleased to teach us in the ways things were run in the Safe-Zone."
"She was always patient and eager with us."
"We would always talk while she makes us food or wash the dishes."
"It was Mika who told us the three different sections of the Safe-Zone."
"Turns out, that the Safe-Zone we were living in, had another Safe-Zone in the center of ours. And in the center of that Safe-Zone, there was another!"
"The inner-most Safe-Zone was called the X-Zone. The Safe-Zone built around it was called the Y-Zone. And the outermost section, the one we lived in, was called the Z-Zone."
"It was very interesting and shocking the first time I heard it."
"I never thought that humans were capable of doing something like that, and that it was a very smart strategy to keep the dragons out."
"Mika also taught us about the people who were in charge of running the Safe-Zone."
"They were called Guardians, and were voted by the people to be in charge."
"The Guardians lived in the inner-most section, the X-Zone. There, different Guardians were in charge of different tasks."
"Some were in charge of the building of towns and homes around the Safe-Zone."
"Others were in charge of the schooling of children, and some others were in charge of dealing with new survivors from the outside world of hell."
"But there were some things that Mika didn't know, such as the history of the Safe-Zone, and the details of what the Guardians are planning to do with the dragon problem."
"Whenever Mika didn't know, we would turn to Yarys or Regan."
"They were often out working in the edges of our sector, working in a large team of people to build several houses that were tasked to them by their employers."
"The three of us tried to help whenever and wherever we could."
"Actually...it was more of Dany trying to prove to her brothers that she's gotten stronger."
"I still remember when she tried to lift a gigantic piece of wood by herself when three men, way bigger than she was, couldn't even lift it!"
"She ended up pulling her arm muscles as well as smashing her left foot due to dropping the wood."
"Regan had to carry her back home to Mika. LB and I tried our best not to laugh over her ridiculousness."
"Yeah, now those were good times. Those were probably the closest I've ever lived to a normal life."
"Now Cedar was the one who told us the history of the Safe-Zone."
"Centuries ago, the Safe-Zone was built by the last surviving human wizards as a final resort to keep the dragons out for good."
"Combining their powers and intellects, they built these three illusionary worlds, one within another, and then brought as many survivors here as possible."
"It was an act to preserve the people. And to make life good again."
"But then, the three of us realized that the Safe-Zone may not be as great as everyone says it is."
"It started when Mika, Regan, and Yarys took the three of us to a large harvest festival in our sector. There was a whole bunch of people there that day, buying all kinds of food."
"LB and I oversaw some people fighting over the prices of a pumpkin. That escalated into a fist fight. Which came as a great surprise to me."
"LB was even more shocked. He ran into the fight and tried to break up the two men."
"Everyone was surprised to see that. Mika and Dany quickly rushed by, and Mika tried to tell LB to leave the men be."
"But LB wouldn't, he yelled at the men. Saying that they're fighting and arguing over the stupidest of things."
"I mean, it was just a pumpkin! When I was growing up, the survival groups outside would fight the death over a safe spot to spend the night."
"Now that I can understand. Because we all wanted to survive out there. But a pumpkin? That was ridiculous!"
"The men just laughed at LB and patted him on the head, telling him to run along and enjoy the rest of the festival."
"But they said it in the most sarcastic of tones. I could tell that they saw LB as a weirdo kid, and wanted him to stop embarrassing himself."
"Mika literally dragged LB away by the ear."
"Dany was also shocked by the actions of the two men, and demanded to know why they treated LB like that."
"I too, was also curious. But only curious."
"LB and Dany were curious. And also a bit mad."
"They were mad about the fact that people in the Safe-Zone would argue over the simplest of problems instead of calmly resolving them."
"Mika tried to explain that things were different in the Safe-Zone. That people who spent almost all their lives here aren't as affected by the desire to survive like we did."
"Not liking that answer, the three of us went to meet with Cedar a few days after the festival."
"Cedar cleared it up for us."
"The people inside the Safe-Zone only wanted one thing in life. And that was simplicity and power."
"Because of their desire to only look out for themselves for stupid selfish reasons, other than survival, the people would be dishonest, unfair, and overall arrogant."
"It was a whole new perspective in this place we now called home."
"A perspective the three of us found very difficult to understand."
"I remembered LB saying something like, 'the way these people act...it's as if they don't value the importance of life at all!'"
"Dany also said something, 'I don't like the way these people see things. It's not right. But Mika, Yarys, and Regan aren't like that...right?'"
"Over the course of the next few months, we encountered several situations where people were being too overreactive and were only interested in themselves."
"From bar fights, to unfair gambling, and illegal selling of products. And not to mention stealing those really shiny gold stuff that a lot of people find valuable."
"What's so valuable about that?"
"That piece of gold only gives you a better home and more power over the people. But is it necessary to survive?"
"The three of us even complained to some members of the Police Force, which were in charge of dealing with the everyday lives of the citizens."
"But they were just as bad as the citizens."
"They told us that we were just 'too uptight' and that we needed 'to loosen up a bit.'"
"'Loosen up a bit?!' There's no way in hell that I would ever relax again!"
"Not after spending fourteen years of my life outside of this Safe-Zone."
"Not after knowing the importance of survival and human life. Not after seeing the horrors of the world the dragons dominated."
"The majority of the population really did take their lives and safety within this zone for granted."
"It was a life that many people outside didn't have. And the people inside didn't know how good they had it."
"It angered me. It was one of the few times that I felt passionate about something."
"I wanted to shout out, 'Shut up!'"
"'You don't know what it's like out there!'"
"But I couldn't do it. Because I'd be challenging them to try and live outside of the Safe-Zone."
"As horrible as these people were, nobody deserves to know the full terror the dragons can bring."
"And if I sounded like I was challenging them to make them go outside, then they'd think I like it out there better than I do in here."
"But I don't. I don't want to leave the Safe-Zone. But I also don't want to live among this corruption."
"I never felt so torn."
"LB and Dany had their sights and goals much straighter than mine."
"LB still had his mind set to wiping out all the dragons for what they did to his entire clan members."
"He knew that the Safe-Zone has both the people and the resources to do something about the dragons, they just didn't have the willpower."
"Dany felt more sympathetic after reuniting with her siblings again."
"Wanting more people to feel the warmth and safety she feels, she wants the Safe-Zone to start expanding their search on survivors outside."
"I quickly saw through their plans and knew that the Safe-Zone Guardians would immediately reject them."
"When LB and Dany kept their hopes up, I reasoned that nobody in the Safe-Zone had their kind of morality and sense of reason."
"The only people in the Safe-Zone who had seen a dragon were members of the Warrior Force and survivors from the outside."
"The majority of these people never seen a dragon, only heard of it. They have no idea how dangerous they can be."
"And that posed a problem. That made these people overestimate their own strengths and oblivious to how precious life can be."
"If they felt no fear from the dragons now, then they would break if they encountered a real dragon attack. They would realize how weak we are compared to them."
"After that, they would give up on life and not fight back altogether. And the dragons would terror us for eternity."
"So I managed to calm them down a bit, but they didn't stop planning out their long-term plans to retake what once belonged to the people."
"Life went on as normal."
"The six of us became a family. We celebrated all of our birthdays the following year."
"Dany and I reached our fifteenth year, and LB reached his fourteenth."
"At this age, we were finally allowed to officially help out at the construction sites where Regan and Yarys worked at."
"We would follow the two men every morning to the edges of our sector and help out with carrying the wood, cutting the wood, and stacking them up."
"The bigger and older guys would do the harder and more dangerous work such as building the second floors and holding a pole in place while people stand on it."
"It was hard work, but we enjoyed it. We were used to this kind of physical activity due to our life of surviving outside."
"But this was may more enjoyable and relaxing than that."
"I remember when LB was too short to reach some tools that was hung up on a tree branch, and Yarys hoisted him up on his shoulder to grab them."
"They continued like that throughout the whole day, with Yarys transporting LB around, and LB hammering planks of wood onto the supporting poles."
"Regan and I would always have our daily competition of who could chop more wood within our shift."
"I've never won against him once. But that was kind of my reason to keep on playing this little game with him."
"After work and on the days when we get the day off, Mika would take us to the marketplace and buy all kinds of food."
"She makes the best things to eat. She also gets us these little objects called 'toys' and 'books' from time to time."
"Everyday was no longer a punishment, but a treat."
"And I looked forward to each morning I woke up to, all the things I would be doing, and the people I'd be doing it with."
"Why did it have to end so soon?"
"Why?"
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