I've had little reason to. One of the clans in my coalition lives there, but they travel inward when they must. [How there is a desert just in the middle of rural Virginia is anyone's guess, but Lexa knows that the terrain is artificial, helped along by maps that nearly failed to make it through the burning of the planet. Then again, the maps aren't much use now: many account for what humanity had done to the land, and there is little of that now.

Of course, she leaves out this fact: many are exiled and go to live there because of the lack of rule that the clan there offers, only choosing to be strict according to needs. She's not going to show her hand to anyone like that just yet.]

I know it is difficult to survive. If there is a reason for why we're here, it is likely not a very good one.