Marco is another complicated one for Tom. He remembers him as a kid. He remembers him as that little laughing kid who shadowed Jake and who somehow held it together even when his mom died and his dad lost it. And he really liked Marco as a kid.

Now Marco is a little general and such a serious guy and Tom realizes that only time and experience could have gotten that and much like Rachel, he still wants a little bit to protect him, and yet knows he can't. It upsets him, and if he ever figures out what Elfangor did, there might be Words, because there are three kids here that he knew before they learned how to walk. And now there are three killers.


Iniss thinks Marco is one of the most dangerous people on the ship. Practical, intelligent and with a good understanding of sacrifice.