Even if some people in rebellious period wanted to do it, they could do it if they wanted to.
But neither Dylan and Mark would agree with their words. They did live independently after they had turned into adult, but it didn't mean they would cut of contact from their family.
Going out to live independently and so on was only their means to experience the world and also their way to adapt to the world. But they would never truly cut off contact with their family members and if there were anything they needed, they could also ask their family members for help.
After that flood and all, the world had changed.
From what they knew, the world had become much more dangerous. There were many people who died in the past few months because of the disaster that truck the entire world
Whether the world would return to normal was still another unanswered question.
