In the Caldari State, Mika learned that survival was not an emotion and duty was not a slogan. Mike came of age among ledgers, fleet reports, academy simulations and the quiet arithmetic of obligation. She did not resent this, she trusted it.

Mika does not image herself a hero. Heroes misunderstand scale. They confuse the importance of a moment with the importance of themselves.

"A king is history's slave" - 1869