Editing Pike (section)

=== [[Andre Layton]] ===
Pike is distrustful of Layton, and openly opposes his revolution plan. He does, however, use the plan when he takes over the car and realizes that this is his only option. He later threatens Layton, deeming him a traitor, however the two are able to reconcile their differences when Layton reveals that he is planning their next revolution.

It's later revealed that much of Pike's loyalty to Layton comes from the fact that Layton had saved Pike's life, stopping him from being executed as one of the cannibals. Layton often refers to Pike as "brother" while talking to him.

Following the losses suffered in the revolution and the six months that Layton was away, Pike begins blaming Layton and seeking to replace him in order to install [[Ruth Wardell]] as the leader of the train. To this end, Pike falls back on his old ways despite his previous vow to never kill again outside of combat, setting the Naming Tree on fire and trying to bomb Layton. After Layton realizes that Pike was responsible, he becomes frantic that Pike will harm his newborn daughter Liana whom Pike was holding, but Pike returns the baby to her parents unharmed and never actually threatens her, seeming insulted that Layton had even thought that he would. Before Pike was revealed to be the assassin, Layton had trusted Pike to guard him alone and even to hold his daughter, making Pike's betrayal very personal for Layton.

In an attempt to peacefully settle things, Layton called upon an old Tailie ritual come up by [[Old Ivan]] which, if he and Pike had reached terms, the entire Tail would've held them to. Despite his anger over Pike's actions, Layton had no desire to actually kill him and tried to talk Pike down, offering his friend to be Liana's godfather which would've truly made Pike family to him. However, Pike refused to hear Layton out, wanting only to kill him and seeing Layton as a corrupting influence. After Pike refused to back down and revealed that he knew that Layton had lied about finding [[Asha]] in New Eden, Layton finally relented and fought Pike to the death, eventually killing him. With his last words, Pike bitterly expressed hope that Layton would find New Eden frozen over. Despite their differences, Layton was shown to take no real joy in Pike's death, personally cleaning his body and agreeing to stand vigil over him through the night.