"It is. You can either go with the free dormitory room you're going to get by merit of joining Class 001, or we can get a permit for you to live in the West District. You'll have to buy a place there, though, or shell out the cash to make your own."

If he knew what Sophie was thinking about the merits of being dead to the world for a time period of their choosing, he'd agree with her completely. It was kind of like an extended vacation, wasn't it? Only slightly more fucked up.

"Fucked up", though, was "normal" where they were.