"They're still judging on the standard shit. They don't think outside the box. They don't know why Meridian was made like he is, but they kept trying. They got a lot of teams to do the work but Nik knew he wasn't who they thought he would be.

But he'd prove he was the soldier he was meant to be.

"Most don't like to be this close to a grave with me. You know where you stand with me though, don't you?" He grins though at that question. "What? Are you saying it's not yours? That I came immediately when you called, ready to desecrate a corpse and bury a body?"