He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do..

Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear.-Sonia

Sometimes, Lev, I just want to smack you.""You already hit him with a car.

Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man.

Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

So Connor stands there with secret anticipation each time there's a group of new arrivals, hoping beyond hope he'll find that self-righteous, self-important, pain-in-the-ass Lev still alive.

[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head.

Most people have two emergency modes. But Connor always knew he had three: Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally. It was a dangerous mental circuit.