[ Zero on the other hand, does not even flinch or so much as look like the news is new to her. This is what she'd assumed– why else would anyone be subjected to a place like this alongside someone like her. ]

What a big fucking surprise.

[ She pulls her knees up to her chest, gaze turned towards the ground. ]

You quarantine viruses if you want to keep them from ruining the whole system. That's what they did with us– what they had to do.