"Because better than anyone, Ace understands the things you're talking about. Toby and I are a lot alike. And there's a lot we will never get, yoi. I can't cheer Ace up, and I can't understand the way he thinks. Things like being hated by most of the world. I don't really care so long as I have my family, but Ace does. And getting to see how he handles it will help you with Toby. And yourself. His grandfather is a marine hero. I told you about how he punched me out of the sky. And yet he stayed by Ace's side too. Ace is always going to feel conflicted, yoi. He has to choose between one world or another and that's never going to be fair, eh."

Marco's expression was quiet and sympathetic, like a bird trying to understand a chameleon, which was pretty much what was going on. "And he understands losing one's world."