Kaath (The Journey)'s Links
Heh, where do I start with Link? Things were messy as fuck to start... what with the riot and all. I didn't have much choice, either I stay behind and get killed... or I go with him, and the weird little group of misfits orbiting him. ...I'm glad I chose to go, and I'm glad I chose to stay. He scared me at first. He was the leader and... he seemed so... *intense*, then there's his fucky energy. I kept waiting for something to happen. It always does, eventually... I'm... embarrassed about that now. I'm ashamed. He's a really sweet guy, he just has a lot of pain and gets in his own head. ...and don't even get me started about those feelings he has for Mallaidh and Hawkes. That fucky energy I was talking about? Yeah, the dude is so loud he's practically screaming when it comes to them. I want to help him so I started sharing my weed with him, offering when I needed a smoke. I think it brought us closer. I learned more about him than I ever imagined and the more I learned the more I wanted to help him. To protect him - even if he acts like he doesn't need it. Baphomet wants to protect him too. ...But she's drawn to broken things. Wants to nurse them. I still feel like an outsider looking in but I care for the Hooligang - and I care for Link. I'll look out for him for as long as Link and the rest of them let me stay around.
"Kaath is...complicated. We're friends now, but we had a helluva rocky start. He didn't trust us initially, and why should he? We started a riot in his town, got him hurt, left him no way out but with us. With Shep and Ari's help, he eventually warmed up to us, and didn't get so freaked out by sharing a room with me. He...thought I expected something of him. I didn't. I never would.
We smoke together sometimes, and after some complicated events, we even sing together. I'm still shy about it, but it's easier when I'm high. It's easier to let go, just feel what I'm feeling and pass out. Hell, the kid and I even cuddle. He's one of us, even if he doesn't believe it. Kaath is Hooligang, through and through. I'll protect him now. Forever."