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The pack seemed like a guaranteed social circle independent of any need for everyone to like each other up front. We learned later that Boyd was in USAF ROTC. The military is a lot like the pack. You are stuck together with a bunch of people who are usually strangers, and you have to work together or a higher authority disciplines you. You aren't expected to become friends first and then become a team. You become a team and then (maybe) become friends.

So what Derek was offering (besides superhuman powers) was something to belong to that didn't require that Boyd be popular to start with.