The Mystery of Scene and Unseen

I was interested in taking very everyday logic and extrapolating a little bit. We all unsee and unhere things all the time, and we have to because otherwise you're talking about sensory overload. The decisions about what get perceived and what don't get perceived are not politically or culturally innocent. They come laden with baggage. In this particular setting, one of the only ways you can possibly exist in this bizarre kind of coagulum of two cities is to not perceive those who are not in the same place as you.