Kin sat slumped against the wall in shock. He couldn't bear to look at the bodies of the ones he lost. He just couldn't believe they were dead. Nathan, June, Turner, Mel, they trusted him with their lives. He was supposed to protect them. He should have protected them! He DID protect them! Then why are they dead? 

Kin's head sunk into his arms as he curled up in a ball. He closed his eyes, silent tears breaking through and spattering onto his jeans. In his head, a chorus whispered the same words again and again like a curse: "You failed them. You [i]failed[/i] them. [u]You[/u]. [u]Failed[/u]. [u]Them[/u]."