"A massive one," he said with a sigh. And unfortunately the egos were. Without Sigma, Maine would have been fine. Maybe some new challenges because people were assholes about being mute, but nothing difficult to overcome.

But the egos just made all those cracks so much worse.

"Carolina?" He said, perking up, and there definitely is no fear response there. "She, uh, was one of the ones who didn't try to kill me. Took a little longer to get to the conclusion I did, but she understood why I did wanted out."

He shakes his head. "No one from home. Some people might recognize you from stories I've told, but no one knows what you look like, but they're people who I'm close to, not like...the public at large."