The Mayor Amid Changing Times

Age 33: At the beginning of the year, you came across a homeless little boy burning with fever on the street. You tried to save him, but by the time you carried him to the pharmacy, he had already died from inflammatory complications.

For two straight weeks, you stayed on the streets, checking the temperatures of every child you encountered and handing out medicine.

You drafted a Medical Insurance Act for children, demanding adequate healthcare coverage for them, especially basic medical services for poor homeless children, but the bill did not pass.

When your two-year term as a councilor ended, you did not seek reelection. Even though you knew that, with your father's resources and your current reputation, reelection would have been easy, you knew that was not what you wanted.

You opened a small clinic and began providing free treatment to the poor in Ilan City's impoverished Ningweisi District.

Age 34: At the end of the year, you met a passionate young woman and began a new relationship. At her request, you went north to see the snow, choosing Rock City as your destination.

You saw that young man again. The Miner's Mutual Aid Society had now grown into a modest new organization. He showed you weapons he had acquired from the Black Market and said he would begin resisting the mining group, so that everyone could see the flame he had ignited.

He told you that the next time you met, the city would be completely transformed.

Age 35: You broke up with your girlfriend. That summer, you received an email from Rock City.

When you returned to the Miner's Mutual Aid Society's base in Rock City, all you found was rubble. The young man was dead, his body hanging outside the city gates for everyone to see.