The launch... probably not so cold and calculated as all that. A decision as stupid as that could not be made with cold calculation. That probably came later, once he realized how many lives it would have to take to get what he wanted, perhaps a near miss with the authorities. After all, this Kevin stands as perfect proof that he'd not been the monster he became, at the start. He'd grown into it.

Lacie listens to his tirade, expression still impassive, though his story about how he'd discovered what he was capable of does soften her gaze. She is not shamed. She's barely capable of that. But it does prick at the compassion that hides in her core.

"Whether or not I did isn't the point. The point is he did."

She nods back toward the house.

"I doubt either of you understands each other so well as you think. Kind of funny, isn't it?"