Thirteen years old, and Jim already saw all the atrocities that humanity could really commit. Suddenly, the rest of Jim's life, until his entrance into the Academy made more sense to Pike.

"I'd say you already knew what hardship was by the time you got to that colony." With a father he never met, a mother who wasn't around, and being forced to live with an uncle who apparently didn't give a shit about Jim one way or the other. It was a hardship, just not one that was the same as Frank's definition of it. Though, Pike was never planning on letting Jim drive his car.

"That takes a lot of bravery, surviving that long. Even as just a kid," there was a little bit of pride in Pike's voice. It said a lot about the type of person Jim really was, "Where's Thomas now?"