"I guess that makes sense," Tim said with a mirthless laugh. "With so many of us it'd be kind of exhausting to worry about everyone..." Not that that'd stop him from stretching himself.

The teen settled a little further, considering her question. Of course, he had to lie. "A lot of bad stuff," he said quietly. "I was lucky-- I mostly had a 'wrong place, wrong time' scenario, and didn't get it so bad. I heard and saw some of the worse spots though. The pods--" innocent people-- "I saw some of that on the system." He shook his head.