"It...really fucking sucks. And I just started this shit." Octavia folds her arms and shakes her head. It's easy for her to dwell on trains of thought like these, but between Blitzø's comfort and Akechi's blunt truths, she doesn't have to.

But she can return to Akechi's side and lean against him a little bit. "But...he has been a pretty cool big brother. Dad might think so, too. He calls him his Little Raven."