[ His put upon sigh rattles through a smoker's lungs. ]

A shame, isn't it? That I'm not nearly as reprehensible as one may think? Everything I've done has been for either that dream, or Jinx.

[ But what would happen if he had to choose? ]

Did you know, his entire pack of children came to save him? All but her. They had left her behind, because she was... [ Well... ] Her namesake.

They're dead. [ He held up a finger. ] Before you blame me, understand, I had no interest in the children. I took him only.

[ But Zaunites were built different. ]

I found her afterward. Crying by his body. She'd blown them up. All of them except her sister, who tossed her aside for trying to do what she thought would help.

[ There's that bitter little laugh again. Like father, like daughter. In every way possible. ]