Chapter 507:

Without something to strive for, the entire community would stagnate. Those with strength and vision deserved different rewards; forced to mingle with the ordinary, they’d feel like lions among dogs—eventually growing frustrated, and in time, losing their drive.

No human could entirely subdue their instinct for superiority. The skilled should be distinguished, placed elsewhere, granted special benefits. Living close to brilliance uplifts; people in the apocalypse don’t get to shine by mere proximity but through sacrifice on the front lines, risking life, exchanging blood and sweat.

Such sacrifices deserved to be rewarded with a better life in the center—that was true fairness.

 

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