There were also many aborigines who were unused to such festivities and felt incredibly overwhelmed— but in a good way.
Shinho and the others were like this. This was their first big event in Alterra—ever, really. [1]
Primarily, they had been busy working, hunting, and gaining contribution points the past months. Among the newcomers, people like them—refugees from aborigine villages—were among the least advantaged people.
They weren't strong enough like those people from Towns, and they weren't smart, innovative, and creative enough like those from Terran villages.
Alterra was rising quickly—everyone felt it—and they had to catch up before it became a Town.
As such, they hadn't been to the activity areas like arcades and stadiums at all. Their leisure time was in parks and treating themselves in some restaurants. So one could imagine how wide their eyes were the entire night.
