It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

But Christina and I are not people who cry together; we're people who fight together. SO I hold my tears in.

It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she's gone. She's gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it's all I can do.

You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a long time" This is the Marcus that Tobias knows. The one who knows right where to hit to cause the most damage.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Fighting for survival in a shattered world... the truth is her only hope.