Barb Azure used to be a the lively Covey girl who performed at the Hob on weekends and kissed girls.

That Barb Azure was killed as soon as her little cousin Lucy Gray was. Barb Azure married a man so she wouldn’t be arrested for homosexuality by the Peacekeepers. That man was an abusive prick who controlled everything.

She sort of shut down as well, though she tried to keep it together for her son, Burdock. Burdock was fifteen and Barb Azure knew she hadn’t been the greatest mother but she was trying to get better.

Barb Azure was working on dinner when her son, Burdock, burst through the door.