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Tyler and Grandpa Eddie

"Grandpa, Grandpa, please come watch me," a small 5-year-old boy sat near the porch, building a stack of blocks. "Look, Grandpa, look! I did it, I did it," the boy exclaimed.

"Oh, look at that, Tyler! You did an excellent job, my boy," Tyler's grandpa, Eddie, who was 98 years old, still stood upright, trying to limit his use of his cane. He was in decent shape for his age, unlike those wealthy Zion folks.

Eddie always reflected on the memories since the Great Divide. The Great Divide referred to the war world 4 centuries ago, splitting what remained into separate factions: the Good, the Bad, the rich, and the poor.

Eddie and Tyler lived in the slums of Gohera, in the eastern quarters where conditions weren't as dire as in the northern part of town. The streets were filled with filth, trash scattered everywhere, and trails of old garbage piled up haphazardly. The air quality was horrid but livable. The city had an old filtration system built decades ago, but no maintenance was done due to the prevailing poverty.

Employment depended on trades and expeditions led by the self-proclaimed collectors. Only a few locals in Gohera dared to venture beyond the protected dome, searching for remnants of the old world-items from the late 2000s or before were extremely rare. Parts of TVs, rusted bolts, nails, watches, plastic, and other materials that were hard to come by centuries ago. USB drives were highly valuable since they might contain information, writings, and photos from the old world. The rarest item, still elusive even to the city of Zion, was the Holy Bible.