Miles Yoon

Miles is the Unblooded friend of Lore, and one of the main characters of the book.

## Relationships

### Blooded

#### Lore

He views Lore as a good friend, and was willing to dig for months to get her to open up to him, seeing the soft heart she has under her surliness. He respects Lore, but is frustrated by her constant attempts to discourage him from helping her during the Agon. Before the book, he is aware of her knowledge of how to fight, but never pressed much about her past. As he shows his competency, she trusts him more to handle himself, as his pragmatism and cleverness become clear to her.

#### Van

Van is very protective of Miles, at first not happy with Lore for letting an Unblooded participate in the Agon, but later growing to respect Miles deeply while still being aware of his sensitivities. They are great at comforting each other, especially in the turmoil of the Agon. Van does not want Miles to be hurt by the Agon like it hurt him, but can be too protective at times.

###### History

Van is initially very upset at Lore for letting an Unblooded help in the Agon and is mistrustful of Miles in general. Over the course of the Agon, they open up to one another, as they help each other. He reluctantly lets Miles go to meet his Kadmou contact, reminding him to pay in cash, and to be careful. Van is very protective, and doesn't want to see Miles hurt. When Miles gets back, he is accusatory over half the money missing, but Miles reveals he had used it to take the contact to a meal to trade for more information. Van is unhappy at Miles's cheeriness at succeeding--Van hates the Agon and the system in general, and accuses Miles of viewing this as a game with rules to protect him. Miles makes it clear he doesn't, and demonstrates his knowledge of the city to help. When Iro attacks, Van leaps to protect Miles with a book. Miles playfully annoys Van by sitting next to him. Van catches him googling 'greek mythology', and says that he'll answer any questions he has. Miles asks if it's really 'any'. looking at Van's program, and Van gets flustered. He asks Van why he is so loyal to Castor. He helps Van realize he had a crush on Castor, and shares his own stories of unrequited crushes, based on Van's reaction to discussing Castor. Van asks why Miles is so loyal to Lore, and after he explains why, Van admits that he liked his speech. Miles is shocked and horrified at the Kadmides' actions toward the children at the Charging Bull Statue, and Van tries to comfort him with warm milk. During the hunt for Artemis to convince her to ally with them, the contact wants to meet with only Miles again. Miles offers to, but Van shoots him down, saying he's not one of them. This enrages Miles, who reminds them that he has helped get them this far, and he goes.

Later, Miles texts 'help' three times. Van is worried he is dead, and bitterly wishes that they had made him leave. It turned out that he was in Morningside Park, used as bait by Artemis. Van was furious at Artemis for threatening Miles and threw himself over him, not wanting Lore to touch Miles. He instead opted to carry Miles himself.

They gather supplies in the meantime together.

Right before the final battle, Lore, Castor, Van and Miles all say their goodbyes before splitting up. Miles mutters something about how they might all die before walking over to Van and taps Van on the shoulder. Van smiles at something Miles says before pulling him into a kiss. Van tries to deepen to kiss but Miles pulls away and says that now they can go. Van is seen with a dazed expression as he walks off.

At the end of the book, Miles and Van are seen sitting on the rooftop, arms intertwined.

#### Van's contact

Van's contact doesn't have a high opinion of Miles, calling him 'Unblooded trash' twice, but prefers dealing with him anyway. Van speculates that this is because he isn't the one with the blackmail that could ruin him.

### Gods

#### Gil Meritt/Hermes

The two had similar personalities, and got along well. Miles felt betrayed by Hermes's true identity being secret.

### Unblooded

#### Mrs Cheong

They have a grandparent-like relationship. Miles finds her to be sweet, and Mrs Cheong finds Miles to be similar to her grandson, with his tattoos. He is defensive over Van using her book to shield him, ruining the book.