It can be super scary, I know...I used to live down there, back before it was run by all those gangs, but now I rarely ever leave the Up if I can help it.

[It makes her feel badly. Not everyone can choose to avoid being in the Down, and it shouldn't be abandoned to lawlessness. But what can she really do about it? The government has basically abandoned it outright.

With a sigh, she takes a cookie for herself and dunks it in her tea.]

Are you a virgin?