Thurman raised an eyebrow. - Hugh Howey

No life had ever been truly saved, not in the history of mankind. They were merely prolonged. Everything comes to an end.

Daytime was a shift, each one endured like a quantum of life, all the short-term planning leading up to another bout of darkness, little thought given to stringing those days into something useful, some chain of valuable pearls. Just another day to survive.

Liars and dead men – two parties unskilled at dispensing the truth.