Marie Johnston

Little reminders like that were good. He was ready to do anything to prove himself; he couldn’t storm away at the first test.

What happened if he couldn’t identify what was bothering him? Or when he couldn’t do anything about it?

Attaining that level of responsibility worried him. Living only to wake up in the morning and enjoy the weather, wear himself out with hard work, and sate himself in Farah gave him a relatively stress-free lifestyle. Add in responsibilities, would the anger and bitterness well back up?