"I stand by my assessment that these things have been done deliberately," mutters Stephen. "Some of it seems natural enough--the bunker was at the epicenter of whatever happened, so of course the terrain is worse. But then the system was perfectly capable of supplying materials to all parts of town--so why not reallocate?"

This is all a moot point by this point in events, but he spends a lot of time thinking about the things that can't be helped.