"City stuff," he says simply. "You know, stores, restaurants. Lotta coffee shops." He especially appreciates the coffee shops.

"Why, what'd you think would be out there?" Now it's Joel's turn to ask a pointed question or two. What sort of world does she come from, anyway? He knows he was a little shell-shocked by the city when he first got to it, but his world has been devastated by the infection for twenty years. He figures most people here, the Capitol is more or less what they're used to.