"In a box. A big box with airvents and steel bars that's as good a prison to things inside as it is to outside robots and monsters and crap. A big, ginormous box with a rock on top of the lid and airvents, and steel bars..." Howard mutters, packing up his things and ready to go.

Cedric would die in the FAYZ. Howard's sure of it. And realizing that makes him feel that distance he feels with just about everyone. He wants to be like them, misses being like that.

Maybe that's why he likes Cedric.