Editing Chase Whitt (section)

==Relationships==
Chase is incredibly proud of his little sister, [[Fernanda Whitt]]<ref>She will be an asset.  He still feels that way, I think.  Other times you make him want to pull his hair out, but… overall good.”<br><br>...<br><br>“Speaking for myself, you haven’t said or done anything to change my mind on that.”

-[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/28/cutting-class-6-z/ Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.z]]</ref> and is sad that the two of them aren't closer.<ref>“We’re not ''close'', Chase.  We’re only barely brother and sister.”<br><br>“That ''can'' change.”<br><br>He wanted so badly to close this divide.<br />-[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/28/cutting-class-6-z/ Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.z]]</ref> Fernanda for her part is annoyed that his privileged position within the family meant he got more opportunities than her.<ref name=":2">Our father gives me money and I always put a bit of it aside, thinking about the events the family has coming up, or people that are coming to visit, and what I might need to wear then.”<br><br>“And here I just go to the tailor when told and they make me a closet of suits.”<br><br>“You ''get'', Chase. You’re the golden child, you got chances, and you get more things handed to you.”<br />-[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/28/cutting-class-6-z/ Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.z]]</ref>

Chase is formally [[Nicolette Belanger|Nicolettes]] sponsor but due to how much time he has spent away she is now more Alexander's apprentice than Chase's.<ref name=":0">He was her sponsor.  The one who had brought her into the circle.  Alexander, in turn, was the one who had brought Chase in; Chase had been brought in because he was very, ''very'' good at dealing with certain kinds of Other, owing to his family ties, and because of the politics of it.  Making Chase an apprentice and teaching him all sorts of things about Seeing made for strong ties with Chase’s family.<br><br>He had expected something very different when he had found her.  Leverage against Alexander, maybe.  More power.  A grateful girl a year younger than him.  Instead, Chase had had to go to school, he’d left her here to act as eyes, ears, and hands on things here, and Alexander had started to barter with her, making her more Alexander’s apprentice than Chase’s.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/stolen-away-2-z/ Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.z]]</ref>

[[Alexander Belanger|Alexander]] brought Chase into the Circle hoping to gain closer ties to the Whitt family.<ref name=":0" />

[[Seth Belanger|Seth]] and Chase were close to each other,<ref>Chase, she guessed.  He was the closest to Seth.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/stolen-away-2-z/ Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.z]]</ref> the two of them smoked cannabis together.<ref>Chase and Seth jeered, laughing.  They were the ones smoking joints.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/stolen-away-2-z/ Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.z]]</ref>

He called [[Zed Sadler|Zed]] by his old name Zoe when they confronted the Hungry Choir.<ref>“Zoe,” Chase said.<br><br>“It’s Zed now,” Zed told the guy, thumb and finger pressed against his eyelids, rubbing.  “It has been for a year and a half, you know that.  Don’t make me punch you.”-[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/15/out-on-a-limb-3-z/ Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.z]]</ref>