It is. Rimbor started as a penal colony. The dregs of the galaxy were sent there. People don't have families there, they have gangs. And the turf wars are deadly. Most Rimborians live fast and die young. Too young. Like, twenty-five young. And Jo's seventeen, he's already lived through a lot of gang wars, but he had no way out until he got superpowers and caught McCauley's eye.

[she smiles back warmly]

I knew it.

[she noticed that! hooray for progress!]