"Sometimes I wonder if we really need the Great Barrier. Not that anyone asks me, of course. We all know it keeps the monsters out — well, during the day, anyway. But am I really the only one who cares that we can't go outside? ...Then again, who knows? By this point, we may be the only ones left. When I think about it too much... it feels just a bit lonely."
— Anemone, Sleepless Domain
Rue: Do you think there's people out there, Tessa?
Tessa: ...I don't think it matters much either way. [...] Even if they exist, we have no way of interacting with them. So speculating about them feels like... guessing about the afterlife or something.
Will: But if they do exist, maybe we could figure out some way eventually?
Rue: Honestly, the government probably knows which it is. They just wouldn't tell us. [...] Either nobody's out there, which is just depressing. Or people are out there, but we can't leave and they can't come in. Which would get everyone all frustrated. But as long as nobody knows which it is, they can push off dealing with either.
Tessa: ...I don't think it matters much either way. [...] Even if they exist, we have no way of interacting with them. So speculating about them feels like... guessing about the afterlife or something.
Will: But if they do exist, maybe we could figure out some way eventually?
Rue: Honestly, the government probably knows which it is. They just wouldn't tell us. [...] Either nobody's out there, which is just depressing. Or people are out there, but we can't leave and they can't come in. Which would get everyone all frustrated. But as long as nobody knows which it is, they can push off dealing with either.
