Kaden snorts in agreement, nodding, although he hasn't heard the word capstone before, he figures her meaning sure enough. It's Barak, king of his family and king of the goddamn Hole, who still put a gun in Kaden's hand to take out Hecate to prove that his kid brother had more balls than his pussy-ass boss; Barak, trying to take over the gang and getting his brain bashed back to algae by the apex predator at the top for his efforts.
"Humanity ain't the top of the pyramid," he says, shaking his head at the idea. He should shup up, she's just going to ask what he thinks is at the top and he's going to have to give some banal answer like grizzlies or some shit. He doesn't wanna do that, not to some university woman who throws round words like capstone, but what's he supposed to say instead, gods?