Kaz used to have a crush on a girl named Imogen.
How does nobody talk about her!? YOU GUYS, LISTEN TO ME.
So we all know about Saskia, the girl Kaz used to play with as a child.
And OF COURSE there will always forever be Inej.
But there was also Imogen.
Imogen, who's jeans would hang a little loosely on her hips, giving Kaz's imagination a wild turn.
Imogen, the girl Kaz had wished to touch.
TO TOUCH. ARE YOU GUYS WITH ME RIGHT NOW?
And he tried. Slowly, he tried to do most things without depending on his gloves, trying to teach himself to touch skin again.
He had tried for Imogen. Because he had a crush on her, he loved her smile, the way she had a gap between her teeth and he wanted to be able to touch her.
He froze. Repulsed. Afraid. Defeated. Per Haskell had sent him off, along with another member of the Dregs they called "Teapot" to apparently beat up this one guy.
Kaz was supposed to tie the guy's hands behind his back and he tried to do it without his gloves protecting his hands.
And he froze. He wasn't able to do it, his grip loosened and the man ran away.
Teapot had beat the absolute crap out of Kaz, and Kaz didn't even stop him. He didn't even lift a finger, didn't make a sound.
Needless to say, Mr. Brekker did indeed hunt the man himself and gave him a beating twice as worse than Teapot and Kaz had initially intended for him when they first caught him. When Kaz had failed.
Bur fear not my friends. There was Imogen but now, there is Inej.