"Survival was no longer a right. It was a precious privilege—earned through sheer cunning, brute force, or, at times, the randomness of fate. In a world that had crumbled, every day was a battle against more than just the elements. It was a war fought within—against fear, against doubt, against the creeping weight of knowing that the past could never be reclaimed. But in this wasteland, those who stood were the ones who had learned the hardest truth: You fight, not because you want to, but because you have no choice." – Gabe