[it's true; there's little getting around the fact that ten years has given him time. even if he was asleep to the world, he still had a sense of awareness and plenty of time to work out a lot of his problems.

so many of them had come from not being ready for the responsibilities that he faced. learning that they were even greater than he'd once realized forced him to step up to the plate quite a bit.]

Yeah. Guess I am, but if that means that they all have a chance to live, then... it's a good thing.

[hasn't he always just wanted to protect people's lives? to help other people, it was like that even ten years ago.]

I knew I had something to look forward to after that. Ending my life there wasn't the end.

[after all, he's here now.]