Amazing things... Kaden wanted to. He remembered all the things he wanted, just a few short weeks ago. To keep his head down and not get into trouble that wasn't his in school. To pass everything, pass it so well he was offered a scholarship to literally anywhere else in the country. To get outta here, and never come back to the Hole except maybe to visit Sniper's gave. To one day live with Tragos again when he wasn't such a meathead fighter, when he'd gotten over Ares and figured out something else to do with his life.
All of that was so far away. Years and years. And Marcie wasn't going to be with them for any of it. Kaden dropped his head to try and hide his sudden tears, overwhelmed by all of this, and pressed his ragged sleeves against his eyes to soak them all up.