![]() She came to give Achilles and his "family" a basic education while testing Achilles for the Battle School program, and in the process also discovered Bean's incredible intellect. Soon, the new system of older street children taking care of "families" of younger street children came to the attention of Sister Carlotta, who was searching among these lost children for any that might be intelligent enough to go to Battle School. Since Bean originally came up with the plan to waylay him, and Poke was essentially responsible for having carried out this plan, he resolved to kill them both, though he bided his time until he could find an opportunity to do so without being identified as the murderer. However, he was also a sociopath, and could not bear to allow anyone who had seen him in a helpless condition to remain alive. In his new role as the "papa" of Poke's crew, Achilles proved remarkably adept. Bean told Poke to kill Achilles, but Poke refused. ![]() ![]() He lived from day to day by eating at soup kitchens and stealing food from smaller children until Poke's Crew took him down as part of Bean's plan: acquiring Achilles' protection in order to get them past the lines of brutal bullies and into the soup kitchens. ![]() ![]() Achilles was the physically malformed child of Belgian parents who somehow ended up homeless and alone on the streets of Rotterdam. ![]()
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