The girl's name is "Polly," and she is his sister.
Two years younger.
She has been ill for almost a year now.
Speaking of which, although their family lived in the slums, life in the past was far from as difficult as it is now.
Both parents had jobs; though the income was not much, it was more than enough to feed a family of four.
Before the incident, they even considered sending him to Uncle Rime's woodworking shop as an apprentice.
Until last year, with the notorious "contaminated water" incident.
A Big Shot, whose name he still doesn't know, polluted the water source of the Lower City District.
Took his mother's life, and his sister might only be able to spend her life in a sickbed.
Unable to bear the heavy blow of family members' deaths, the silent but always supportive father of this family also became a drunkard, numbing his brain with alcohol all day long.
He even had to rely on him for support.