I grew up with it. [ it's a reaction to something that's gone unsaid, but he's thinking about it, and anderson has never known anything but this. she's never built up any shields against it consciously, and morgoth had proved that her mind is woefully unprotected at times — but she's not thinking about him, and what he did to her. that's in the past, and there's no point in dwelling on it. ] And it's saved my life in combat before.

[ the corrupt judge had been counting on her to hesitate, to be unwilling to shoot another judge, to assume that she'd been sent to help rather than harm. anderson's mutation had been the only reason that particular encounter had ended not with her blood on the ground of peach trees, but someone else's.

the question bellamy asks out loud ends up being easy to answer. ] There's kitchens on every level, and there's generally enough food for everyone, if you're not a picky eater. [ it's said with a slight ironic undertone; everything in his mind suggests that he's not. ] There's also bars on every level. [ but the alcohol is usually not very good, and that's an objective fact and not just an opinion borne from anderson not drinking much. ]