[ Anderson shrugs vaguely, denying the apology. ]

That was before my time. It's just a wasteland now. I grew up on the edge of the city walls, where the Cursed Earth begins, but I never went out into it.

[ She was lucky that way. The majority of mutants got tossed out on their ears. Her parents had been clever, and cared greatly for her, to keep her safe. ]