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What do you mean, someone strange?

Well...

Welcome back, Pops.

Pops.

Just you guys?

Where are the other three?

And their gear? Did you leave that, too?

What about the helmettals? Weren't you at

least able to bring the helmettals back?

Damn it.

You know we don't have the tech

to make that stuff anymore.

What about food?

It was all dried up.

It's enough that

three of them came back alive.

Oh, well, in another month,

we'll all starve anyway.

Hey, Pops.

Who's that?

He's a traveler.

He's a traveler?

So, there really are

other humans out there.

Can we trust him?

If he's a traveler, we'll welcome him.

But we don't have anything to feed him.

He's not a Safeguard, is he?

A Safeguard wouldn't be able

to get in here.

Stay back, honey.

No!

There's something drawn on it.

A bucket of water?

This is pretty good.

It must be really nutritious.

Give me some.

Hey, let me have some.

- This is great!

- This'll give you energy.

Pops, Sutezo.

Pops.

Tae.

Here.

This much?

There's some for your sister.

Thank you.

Zuru, Fusata.

I'm glad you're back.

But don't do anything

like that again, okay?

I'm sorry.

I'm sure you already know,

but people looked

for a new hunting ground before

and they were all killed by the Safeguard.

The group that went east

was taken out completely.

That's why these guys

thought they had

to do something for the village.

Zuru.

When you've put the gear back,

come to my room.

Okay.

- Sutezo, let's go.

- Right.

You come, too, please.

I'd like to speak with you.

Your name was Killy, right?

Thanks for sharing your food with us.

Normally we'd be the ones feeding you...

but as you can see,

we're nearly out of food.

Hey.

Where did you get that thing?

Two hundred levels

- below.

- Two hundred?

So, we can't go get more.

This place is protected by the perimeter,

but there's nowhere inside

where we can get food.

So, we Electro-Fishers go out

and get sludge to bring back.

I'm the leader of the Electro-Fishers.

But the hunting grounds near here

have all dried up

and we have to go out farther.

Each time, friends of ours get killed,

leaving us with fewer and fewer Fishers.

So, even the children...

Here. Come in.

That food is amazing.

- Wonder where he got something like that.

- Yeah.

And that weapon. To think it could

cut through even an Exterminator's body.

6,000 levels below.

I wonder if he came all that way

all alone.

Who knows.

I wonder how many more humans there are.

Maybe there are other villages

like this one.

There might be.

I can't even imagine it.

How far do you think this city stretches?

Why does the Safeguard exterminate humans?

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