He hunches up, drawing his knees up again in a defensive gesture. He's not the Director. He's nothing like him. Right? He wouldn't try so hard to bring someone back from the dead.

No, he'll just chase something down single-mindedly, to the point of letting the Meta run roughshod over anyone who gets in his way.

"Carolina's dead," he says softly. "There's no-one left even if I wanted to care." He shakes his head, trying to force himself back to feeling in control. It's not easy. "It's people who did this to us. People have never been a highlight of my life."