Only if you were a refugee. And the worst of it didn't come from the city itself, not in a way I can explain so easily.

[ Cain's expression turns more solemn, his eyes darkening. His hand stills on the pegasus's nose; he can't recall the memories and still maintain quite so casual a facade. ]

There were splinter groups. Organized groups of radicals working against the government who decided that kidnapping refugees was the best way to make a point about loyalty. They took us and tortured us to show what happened to those who weren't loyal enough. It was the government and Olympia's loyal citizens themselves who helped to save us and who opened their doors to us after that. Things aren't so black and white as to paint a clear picture so easily.