That's a good question. It's also one that raises faint color on the tips of Nick's ears, because how exactly does he explain the Boulder Free Zone Committee to somebody from Hong Kong?

(He doesn't want to tell people about Fran. About anyone left behind. Not yet, at least. He knows it'll get easier with time, that he'll find a way to be at peace. Just...not yet.)

Local government, is what he settles on writing, I was on council.