Kaden has unfolded himself a little from his slouch, raised his eyes from the plate in front of him. Perhaps it's only the synchronicity that's struck him, but no, Athena has a suspicion the analogy may have resonated. The only home he's ever known was a place of creeping rot and simmering aggression: a dog-eat-dog world, if she can be pardoned a somewhat tasteless pun.
"Huh," Athena echoes, smiling over the raised rim of her coffee cup, and decides to push the metaphor. "It's rather two sides of the same coin, isn't it? Humanity fought its way to the top of the pyramid, and now it fights itself for control of the capstone."