"None of that means you can't be friendly, though, does it?" Audrey pointed out.

The Chief shook his head. "Now, friendship, that's a burden. I don't want to be a burden." He turned and started heading out of the room. "Especially when I'm leaving him a whole world of troubles he's going to have to fix."

Audrey frowned after him, then looked at Octavia. "Perks of being a ward of the state," she said. "At least I never had to deal with a dad like him."