"Are you okay, sweetie?"

"I'm okay."

"Do you have any questions for us?"

"I want to know more about the Biyan thing but I don't know what to ask."

"Biyan is going to have a very serious problem on their hands if their reds aren't doing work as normal within two or three days. They're trying to force their reds to work but I don't think they've got anything worked out yet. They killed many of the reds believed to have been involved in destroying the blue districts."

She nods solemnly.

"They're trying to hire purples to do the jobs but they don't have Olvala's setup that would make it safe and not polluting. I don't know what will happen."

"They can't set it up like that fast?"

"They're trying. I think a lot goes into it and it's harder to do in a rush with trash already piling up."

Nod.

"And also while there are still reds purples doing the red jobs would be in danger."

"Because the reds would hurt them."

"Yes."

Nod.

Squeeze. 

"Nertel says she wants to convince people there is a way to clean reds."

"Yeah. I think that's the only way - out - without killing them all, and it might be possible, it's not something that's ever really been looked into."

"Why hasn't it been?"

"Well, it won't be easy, and it'll be expensive, and people might not trust it, and until recently there was no reason to do it because we need reds anyway."

"Why does it have to be expensive?"

"Well, it has to be serious, it has to be something that people are confident cleans them. A shower won't do."

"Where would they still be dirty after a shower?"

"Everywhere. Giving a corpse a shower wouldn't do anything for it either, it's the same idea."

"...are there any things that do make corpses clean?"

"No. Well. Decaying into dirt."