"Maybe they have." Everyone in 12 had known about the black market, because everyone in 12 had been born there and therefore been there from the start. Maybe in this place, wherever this is, it's hidden from the newcomers until one of them finds it. He certainly wouldn't tell someone he didn't know about something illicit until he knew he could trust them.

"Not as much as I was." Some still, but it has eased somewhat. It's why he had ventured out today instead of staying in the house. But he knows that he's got a long way ahead of him yet before it's over completely.