By the year 2100 there will have been another 2 world wars and the population will have been decimated. They will go back to a bartering system. Many will die of cancer every day because of the effects of the nuclear bombs used in the last war.
Hider is already 18. She manipulates wire into mats and exchanges them for rice. Talker sees her working and sits down on the grass next to her. "What about that one?", she says, pointing at the boy near their central hut who is feeding one of Hider's daughters. Hider looks up from her half-finished mat. "No. He's too small. Try the one we caught when we went mushroom picking. He might be ready now."
