"Just because you count on someone doesn't mean you trust them, you know. Unless it's yourself."

He nods, chewing on his lower lip. "I wouldn't say starvation is little reason, but yeah, even before that plenty of kids died because no one was around to stop them. Some kids just don't know better." His own best friend beat a girl to death because he didn't realize a baseball bat to the head could kill her. "And, you know, the crazies."