1 | he has a habit of biting at his bottom lip when he's upset or uncomfortable. the more aggressive he chews at it, the more pissed he's getting. it's a very noticeable tell, but it also symbolizes a thinning restraint.
2 | he has a razor sharp smile, but it isn't specific to a given mood or situation. he just honestly smiles like that, which says a lot about how he typically is.
3 | he is ambidextrous, but he only exclusively kills with his left hand.

he doesn't know who his parents are, except that they were most likely runners. raised along with the other children in boarding, he was exceptionally bright and talented which garnered an equal amount of praise as it did jealousy. cocky and ambitious, he eventually offended the wrong person — the son of the rege's favorite at the time. it didn't take much for him to get sent down to the cells. he was 8 then, a scrawny child who shouldn't have survived.

but he did.

quick-witted, calculating and determined, he lied when he needed to lie, cheated when he needed to cheat and fought when he needed to fight. he quickly learned to read people and use it to his advantage, acting obedient and resourceful to the strongest of the rats to gain their favor and therefore protection. the older he grew; the more vicious he became. he observed, manipulated, and betrayed. death was routine for the rats. if not from the fiare topside, then from either hunger or one another. for him to live, others must die. a simple truth.

he doesn't remember how old he was when he first killed or which kill could be considered his first. a memory bled into so many other similar instances, he has abandoned, sacrificed and backstabbed endless amount of times. he does recall in what way he first took a life with his own hands. it was bloody, brutal and animalistic. what haunts him isn't how grotesque the body looked afterward, however; but how he no longer remembers who they were and why they had to die. he just knows with unquestionable certainty that they did.

when he was 14, he caught the rege's eyes, but it wasn't until he was 16 that he was called up to be part of the harem. by then, he had long made his mark in the cells. his anger and hatred for caldwell only grew and intensified over the course of the years. it came to no surprise that he turned the pig down. displeased by his ungrateful attitude, he was tossed back down to the bottom and assigned to runs daily like it would somehow drive him to change his mind. it did not. it only made him more spiteful and resolute to figure out a way to leave the facility behind with the rare few who'd managed to enter his unbearably small circle.

harsh treatment went on for over a month and he survived for over a month until the pig grew bored and turned his attention on someone else. so, it wasn't until he was 19 that he was once again brought before the rege. his cleverness and adeptness as a runner was indisputable, yet it also piqued the pig's interest once more. this time, he stressed his disinterest by nearly tearing off the old man's balls. he was beaten within an inch of his life and thrown back into the cells. if he wasn't such a valuable asset, then he would have been fed to the fiare. whether the rege deemed it a strategy or self-preservation, he hasn't called on ake since. their relationship is fraught at best now, only held together by a mutual use for each other and it's only fracturing more and more with each passing year.

1 | he wanted to become a medic before he was thrown down to the bottom. thanks to experience as a runner, he has become extremely proficient at first aid, yet the number of people who he has actually tended to can only be counted on one hand. he has the making of a medic but no longer the heart of one.
2 | his first kiss was accidental. it happened when a fight broke out in the cells when he was around 11 years old. he was midswing; the other guy was pushed, so lips locked. he doesn't remember what his name was or what he looked like anymore, but he is pretty sure that he's long dead.
3 | he has a jailcell all to himself because nobody dares to sleep in the same vicinity as him. although he is an extremely light sleeper, he can fall asleep just about anywhere and whenever he needs to. he does make an occasional exception for the few who he looks after if they're having trouble.
4 | he can list out in detail how he got each and every single one of his scars with startling clarity, but he can't for the life of him remember names and faces if they're caused by people. the only marks he won't talk about are the ones above his collarbone and heart. they're touchy subjects.