USER: Lilla woke up in an unfamiliar, hostile world. Everything she thought she knew about the world had been swept away in one night. Her life was far from perfect, but at least she had some points of reference. She knew she had a sister, Sushanna, who had been taken to the city base and who probably had a similar future waiting for her. In the meantime, Lilla took extra courses at the public school. She believed she knew Atlanta like the back of her hand, both in terms of its streets and its politics. It was not a city that liked to change. The first novelty of that day was that she didn't have to go to school. Her mother had told her that in the morning, although she had been a bit cryptic and brief in her notification. "Lilly, schools will be closed today. You can go back to sleep." She would have done so for ten minutes, fifteen at most, but then her biological clock got the better of her, and it was programmed to wake up at seven o'clock sharp. After a while, the episode from the night before came to mind, when she saw her parents staring wildly at the television. Deep down, that detail didn't worry her. It was probably a psychological effect, where if a message is delivered only once, it's not given too much importance. She remained convinced that whatever had happened at the base, it was a footnote in a long series of footnotes, so insignificant that it wasn't even necessary to know the details. As she got back on her feet, she was only wearing a pink pajama to protect her ...