...the fuck did that mean, what's left of it? Everything Ren hears about this guy is more unsettling than the last.

"You said it, not me." But he's not going to tell Maruki he's wrong about his suitability. "And, like... yeah, the whole thing is fucked up. Killing a kid is fucked up. But Amada posted that whole thing about how he'll kill anyone who crosses him, and he backed it up. Then he broke Dove's arm—one of the most harmless people in this whole damn place. It would be even more twisted to let him wander around hurting everyone because we're too busy crying about how young he is, and how mean we are."