"That's different. We grew up together. I kept them all alive."
Sevika couldn't say the same for all of Zaun. There was an implicit trust between those from the undercity who came up that way, finding a gaggle of similarly wild children running the streets. Vander knew it. Hell, everyone did. Most of the gangs in Zaun started that way. To take that and apply it to... everyone? Everything?
She stared him down, refusing to waver, at least when it came to a staring contest like this one.
"...and I took it because there wasn't anyone else worthwhile to hand it off to."
Yet.
"If there's anyone who is better suited, it'll be one of those damn Firelight kids, but the fact remains that they're still kids."
Or young enough compared to Sevika for her to consider them such.
"As much as they've been a pain in my ass all these years, I wasn't going to let them walk into that tower and realize no one in there is on their side. You should see them, Vander. Most of that council still looks at me like I'm some rabid dog they've let in."
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Sevika couldn't say the same for all of Zaun. There was an implicit trust between those from the undercity who came up that way, finding a gaggle of similarly wild children running the streets. Vander knew it. Hell, everyone did. Most of the gangs in Zaun started that way. To take that and apply it to... everyone? Everything?
She stared him down, refusing to waver, at least when it came to a staring contest like this one.
"...and I took it because there wasn't anyone else worthwhile to hand it off to."
Yet.
"If there's anyone who is better suited, it'll be one of those damn Firelight kids, but the fact remains that they're still kids."
Or young enough compared to Sevika for her to consider them such.
"As much as they've been a pain in my ass all these years, I wasn't going to let them walk into that tower and realize no one in there is on their side. You should see them, Vander. Most of that council still looks at me like I'm some rabid dog they've let in."