( he's just. going to scream internally for a while. was this child raised by wolfbats???

also that is an incredibly macabre thought. it's so blunt, not 'i wonder what happened'. i wonder what killed them. the acceptance and expectation of violence done speaks a lot about who this kid is and where he's coming from. there are a thousand reasons that this place might have had living quarters set aside unused for centuries, but. to immediately assume some violent end? telling.

mako lifts his right shoulder in a shrug. his left is still anchoring the sling for his arm. )

Maybe nothing did. They might've packed up and left, or accomplished their goals. You can't exactly take a house with you.

( one of the reasons that he doesn't care to really own one. he's a street-kid at heart. the only important things are the ones you can carry. )