14. Burning (Teddy)
Teddy was eight the first time his parents' print shop burned. His clearest memory, more than the smell of ash or even the burn scar on his arm, is of his mother crying into his father's shoulder and the distracted, almost mechanical way he held her in return.
He's an easy-going man, but that memory never fails to ignite a slow fire of rage inside his heart. Twenty years later, supporting Bren's back as she coughs up smoke, he feels that rage return.
He will prove Leck wrong – prove that the truth is impossible to kill.