" Ive been out there,' said Nate. 'On my own. It's the only place that's never worried me.'
'But what about mutants? Rabids? Wild animals?
'What about guards, the Private Police, Crown and Council?' he countered. 'There's danger on both sides of the Wall. The difference is that those dangers make sense to me. I'd rather live a life without law and take my chances than risk dying helpless at the hands of another human who hates me and doesn't even know why. "

― Rebecca Crunden , A History of Madness (The Outlands Pentalogy #2)