[ "Mostly empty" is right, but neither android nor machine lived like humans had once, leaving what remained in disuse. War torn lands left more destruction than repairs, as well. And with the way things are, nothing about this will change. The only thing that thrives is nature itself, flora taking over all it could with no one to intervene, animals thriving in spots it couldn't before. Earth had that much going for it, at least. ]

Heh, to be honest, I struggle to imagine what those cities were like back then, but I would like to see it for myself. [ 9S pauses, lifting his head toward Akira. ] ... What were they like? I used to dream of all the things we could do alongside humans once the war eventually ended and they came back– [ You know, back in the day when 9S thought there were any to return like the rest of android kind. ] –but I never knew too much about what people did all day.