<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color:#353535; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">"There is Полис<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">1</span></span>," says Ivan. The legendary city state is not two stations away from them. If they can get to Охотный ряд<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">2</span></span> on the red line, Библиотека им. ленина<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">3</span></span> is right there. He has heard that people eat in the light there and live as kings, not in tents, but in small houses! Ivan knows that he will likely never achieve such luxury, but he buries it within his slight frame, pushing the harsh reality of it all behind his dreams.<br/><br/>A steady thump echoes behind them and he smiles. It's the change of the guard. Ivan rises and stretches like a cat, somehow finding the peace of mind to shoot the two newly arrived men a grin, too. There is not much joy in the Metro; he'll take it where he can find it. The men look at him like he's mad, but that's nothing new. Ivan turns his head, waiting for Vlad to get up.<br/><br/>"Do we have anything to eat at home?" He asks, hoping for perhaps a bit of meat tonight. He moved into Vlad's tent when he was little and uncertain of so many things, and Vlad never told him to leave. Sometimes, it strikes Ivan that maybe he's luckier than anybody in the whole Metro. Vlad was there with him the first time he bled, the first time he held a gun, the first time he shot one, and the time he realized that he would never grow a beard or hear his voice deepen. Ivan's head is filled with plans of convincing Vlad to go with him to Polis as they walk back to театральная<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">4</span></span> station. Maybe if there is something extra special to cook that will put him in a good mood?<br/>____________________________________________<br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">1</span> Polis</span><br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">2</span> Okhotny Ryad</span><br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">3</span> Biblioteka Im. Lenina</span><br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">4</span> Teatral'naya</span></div></div>