A young college student walked on the street of Jakarta. The hustle and bustle of one of the busiest megapolitans in its time were not exactly restored. There were still empty places, desolate of living people. The office buildings that once were densely packed with employees with their business suits and perfume scents were like nostalgic pieces from a completely different era. The new businesses chose to centralise themselves around a few districts, leaving the rest of the economic districts in the great city empty.
It would take time, the student believed.
But the buses increased in frequency. He could go back to the offline teaching activities, meeting fellow students—only ten, but it was much better than no one—and spending so much time talking to each other even long after their group projects had ended.
"Let's visit my aunt this weekend, shall we?" the boy asked his group.