Mak's parents were both spice addicts, and awful to their son. Mak was made to feel like he was the scum of the galaxy, and a heavy burden on his parents. Quite often he was verbally and physically abused without rhyme or reason. The whole process molded Mak into a cold and merciless individual with little . At the age of fourteen, Mak had developed an extreme form of precognition. One night when Mak's parents passed out from excessive alcohol and spice use, he took his great grandfather's old slugthrower and buried a slug in each of their foreheads. Having rid himself of his tormentors, Mak disposed of the bodies and sold their shack of a home.