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Why are people in such a rush to get around in this city? California’s much more relaxed, people taking strolls on their way to work—with the occasional person cutting through with some emergency—unlike here. Here it’s just a rush after rush and it makes Skye a bit dizzy to watch everyone run down the escalator or shove through the crowd to get to the correct train station exit.

She has no doubt that some of the people here are going to die from the perpetual need to get to places in the quickest way possible. She’s already seen a couple of them lying in crushed cars or on hospital beds with fractured bones and bleeding bodies in the depths of her mind; she knows fully well the future cannot be stopped, and she only feels just a bit sorry. When somebody stumbles a bit against the stairs, it’s instinctual for Skye to reach out a hand to help them up, something more commonly done in America.

"You’re gonna get killed in this crowd," the broker comments, bemused by the situation (and subtle irony of her statement). "Sorry if that’s a little distasteful. Are you okay?"

This is why she stayed in Busan. This is why she stayed in Busan. This is why she stayed in Busan. Let's rephrase that, this is why she stayed in Tokyo. Though back in the countryside there was the oncoming traffic of the morning rush, everyone knew the land well enough to find their way about. Here in this jungle, though it was not so easily equated to the concrete jungle itself, things were a bit different. Jihye found herself adjusting to the rush adopted by the streets of Seoul, with struggling difficulty. Sure she'd been in such a predicament before but this was a different story.

Back in Tokyo, as she found herself pondering, there was rhythm to the chaos. Everyone had somewhere to be and granted the crowds swallowed the streets, the bustle held it's own distinct flow that made it easy to maneuver. The rhythm was lost here. It wasn't as if it was nonexistent, rather it took her quite a bit to find it. In an attempt to shoot forward she was pushed against a staircase. Reminding herself to calm down she glanced up at the stranger knowing she better hop up before she was trampled.