Ah, I think I keep forgetting who I told what? It's relevant to Eibhlin, emotionally, but er, it's somewhat overshadowed by the later trauma.

Eib's parents were chemists for one the major heavy industry companies in Three. They, along with most of their scientist colleagues, the laborers, and their children in the on-site daycare, were killed in a massive explosion and the resulting fire (due to what everyone knows was the insistence of the Capitol in cutting corners on safety to reach certain production targets, but is only reported as a 'tragic accident'). The incident is still remembered, decades later, as the [Namehere] Industries disaster. Unfortunately, it's not the only incident--there's a constant push-pull between Three and the Capitol on safety v. speed.