"Do you know where the bound man was taken?"
The woman nodded frantically, her head bobbing like a hen pecking at grains, before leading the way.
They walked in silence for several moments until she turned down another hall. The classrooms had all been transformed into cages, crammed with people. Naked women were chained like dogs, while men and children were shoved together without space to breathe. The air reeked of urine and feces.
Aron only gave them a passing glance, never slowing his steps.
It would be a lie to say he felt nothing. There was revulsion, of course. Perhaps even pity. But that was where it ended.
This was the apocalypse. Only the strong survived. If he freed these people now, what then? They wouldn't last long outside. Worse, they'd cling to him. Aron had no interest in carrying dead weight.
Which meant freeing them was useless, both to them and to him.
