Jin Galun Harbor.
The slum near the Governor's Mansion.
The open space, originally used by the poor to dry clothes, was now packed with a dense crowd of people.
Although it was called a drying area, the ropes were mostly hung with rag-like scraps that barely covered one's privacy.
Due to low education rates and the absence of contraception or other means of entertainment, the locals liked to procreate whenever they had the chance, which resulted in there being more people than clothes.
Some of the most disadvantaged survivors even shared a single robe among family members, worn by whoever needed to go out.
Thus, when Ah Xin stood in the middle of the crowd, his clean striped shirt and coarse canvas pants made him stand starkly out of place both in demeanor and appearance compared to those around him in old clothes or even wrapped in sheets.
Eventually, in a bout of shoving, an old man with a face full of wrinkles and sallow skin was pushed forward.
