“I suppose. Did you inherit or are you a self made man?”

Tom likes to think he’s a self made man, and his blood was judged worthy by the House of Arch all those years ago. Now he’s absolutely a part of an inherited system, and he worries, sometimes, for Portico. Not that he thinks his little lad has failings, not in the least. Power and its trappings, even the limited power they exert in the Underside, can be worrisome when you think about what your child might one day face.