"Number one," Kason said, "I grew up in a forested area of Faction 11, near Egilsstadir, and I always remember hardly ever being home, which is kind of ironic since now I'm always home. I helped my dad clear the snow from the forest trails between school and our house, caught snakes and frogs, did normal stuff. One day, I came back home to find a bear inside my house facing off with my older sister. My dad was out in the forest. My mom was in the barn out back and didn't hear the commotion. I was sixteen, maybe seventeen at the time, and I did not like my sister. But in that moment, everything changed. I knew that I would do whatever I had to do to protect her and that I would never leave her side again after that."
I stared at him, trying to imagine what he might've been like in another place and time. "What did you do?"