No, but they do anyway. And there's nothing we can do about it, not unless we want to go to jail.

[It's the Hell kind of place. She's barely scratched the surface on the description of life behind the walls only because the royals love to keep their people in the dark, going as far as to ban certain kinds of books.]

Insomnia sounds nicer than where I'm from. [Or sounded nicer. Don't correct her tenses.] I guess it's just all about surviving behind the walls. No one wants to be eaten and if it comes down to being between you and someone who isn't as rich as you, the King will always push the poor person into the Titan's mouth.