"Looks like there really is water in the city. Those people are real pieces of work, only caring about their own pleasure and not whether us common folk live or die."
"What's so surprising about that? They won't even let us pass. They just want to trap us here to die. As long as we don't cross this line, how would the Emperor ever know his people are suffering here?"
"So that's their plan. They just want to starve us and let us die of thirst here."
"But didn't they just send out some water? Maybe they're not that bad!"
This remark immediately drew a barrage of criticism. "This little bit of water? It's probably not even a mouthful for each person."
"We've been stuck here for so many days. Besides those few puddles we found before, have any of you ever seen this city gate open?"
"So we're just going to wait here like fools?"
"And what if we don't wait? Going back now is just another path to certain death.
