Anyone could see that it bothered Howard that Orc was so out of sorts. She was wiling to bet that was also what Orc did back where they lived.

"Then it might be time to talk to him, make him see there has to be more than drinking. It's a fun activity to do with friends, but if he's drunk more than actually functional, its not going to do anything except hurt him."

They hadn't talked much, but knowing this made Kaya sad. There has to be something that happened with Orc that made him how he was. It was things like these that made Kaya realize the harsh reality that was the Fayz, and how Howard had actually been one of the lucky ones.