"Only the elderly and children can stay in this town; when the kids grow up, of course they want to go somewhere livelier." The old lady sighed. "Little Soran said the same thing when she was a child, that she wanted to live here all her life."
Given the current average lifespan in Zone 019, when Soran moved to this town, the bakery owner and others were at most thirty or forty years old. Compared to the whole life phase, thirty or forty could still be called youth; yet the townsfolk had a unique tenderness toward Soran.
Yes, tenderness.
Usually, when people are in their prime, it's hard for them to feel the boundless patience of elders for children; this is most likely the affectionate title previous generations gave her, people of the old lady's age living here.
