"Throw it all at me. Take everything you can. Even in the end I will not be defeated."
How much would you give up to never return to your darkest moment?
Your livelihood?
Your house?
Your business?
Your friends?
Your self-worth?
Melbourne's record-breaking 262-day-lockdown should have been a collective experience shared by residents of the city. However, Government directives in those final months forced friends and families against one another in a debate over who was worthy of freedom.
Four per cent of that population have a story to tell - one that has never been heard.
This is the story of Melbourne's lockdown, told from the inside by someone left on the outside.