**Maia**
Watching the events unfold in front of me was hard to watch. Erik had been such a huge help to us lately, and to see him lose someone like Jade, even if she was a backstabbing b***h, she didn’t deserve to die like that. The moment she sunk to the floor; Erik sunk to his knees then slowly gathered himself before sliding over to her. He ignored Zeke altogether and held her in his arms, rocking her corpse back and forth in almost like a childlike manner. To my understanding, Jade was just his tool. I didn’t know that she meant so much to him. He swore to generally care about Zavia, but he never said anything about how the way he felt toward Jade. Not to me, at least.
