He’d be safer from them in another area. Somewhere like the Noose, which is
what people had started calling the Loop ever since it went up in flames during the Night of
Rage. Thousands of squatters had moved into the ruined buildings, and the city 
hadn’t lifted a finger to remove them. It looked like the local government was
going to wait until all the real estate deals on the south side were in full 
swing before they turned to rebuilding the Loop.