As the group advanced down the road, Miles remained as silent as he could. He had always enjoyed the quiet, tranquil atmosphere of night yet somewhat loathed it. It brought back painful memories of his childhood and the countless nights he had spent sitting by the window sill hoping his father would come home. His brother and sisters would all cope in their own different ways, with his older brother Adam turning to extreme measures to take care of the family. He recalled how Adam had begun selling drugs to pay for clothes and food, and how he had been imprisoned by the government for grand larceny. His older sisters Teresa and Caitlin had chosen to secretly prostitute themselves behind their family's backs to help out, while his younger sister would sit at home, drawing, and had developed selective mutism. His mother had later had a secret relationship with a high-ranked politician, but upon facing execution for his affair, the man framed her for a crime. And, forced to look after his sisters on his own, he had found himself strenuously aiming to seek honest work. His days were long and busy, and night was the only time he had to himself. So he would just wait at the window, alone, waiting, for a father who never returned.
It never bothered Miles that he was alone. He enjoyed it. After all, he had little in common with his older sisters and once Meredith had stopped communicating with the world, he had nobody. When he joined the rebellion almost ten years ago, aged just sixteen, he had been attracted to the ideal, however, he gradually realised that it was the concept of a strong and supportive family which had captured his loyalty. He had lost that sense of pride he once had once the boss had seemingly lost his ways and forgot their cause, and with the deaths of Danielle and the others, it was all gone. Just like that. This was his second chance. These people here, who had assembled by fate, all shared a cause and a purpose, and in about two more blocks, they would be sharing a new home and a future. If they were going to stand the test of time and fate together, he was going to be there alongside them. All of them. They were his family now.
