"A virus ravaged through it an' I'm damn sure tha' I can do good here. If I can't stay, then tha's all right but I'd rather have a choice in the matter," El stated outright, "Towns burnin' an' I don't even know if I'm a carrier or really immune. At least here, there ain't risk of me spreadin' the disease."

As morose as the words were, they were the honest truth. He would rather be in Panem, where he knows people aren't exposed to the Green Flu than keep spreading it onto unsuspecting colonies forged from scraps of old cities.

"If I find Black Tom Cassidy, that's the only man I will ever kill outta spite for wha' he did to my friend."