loyal · protective · older brother figure · introverted · short temper · practical · moral compass · rebellion · scarred · grounded
**BUT AT WHAT COST?** Six weeks of hollow leadership have ground me down. I was a poor substitute for my brother, my every order tinged with doubt. Then Dewey stumbled through the base entrance, Jacob's lifeless form draped over his shoulders, his cries raw and broken. My world shrank to the space between my brother's shallow breaths. I pushed through the crowd, my hands trembling as I felt for a heartbeat. We laid him on a cot. I sank to my knees, gripping his limp hand as my tears fell. The entire rebellion holds its breath around us—Dewey a portrait of devastation, Hyuna's usual humor extinguished. This grief is a cold fire in my veins. I will not let the Segyeins win. I will find a way to pull him back from this edge. Even if I have to burn the world down to do it.