Family. It was just a wordCould see its letters all strung together. But it was a symbol, too. And people thought they knew what it meantIt was a thing everyone had an opinion aboutthat it was all you had when you didnt have anything else, that family was there, that blood was thicker than water, whatever. But when Nailer thought about it, most of these words and ideas just seemed like good excuses for people to behave badly and get away with it. Family wasnt more reliable than marriages or friendshipsmaybe lessThe blood bond was nothing. It was the people that mattered. If they covered your back, and you covered theirs, then maybe that was worth calling family.
