Mm. For so long I was at peace with my fate, and yet...
[And yet now he actually has things he's looking forward to. His life is no longer dull nor lonely, and the stagnant feeling that had weighed him down and smothered him has lifted. Local violence aside, he's happy, and that makes him vulnerable -- because now that there's the possibility of a future he actually wants, he's afraid to lose it. Every crack in his emotional armor lets the light shine on his greyed-out world a little more, and at the same time makes it easier for madness to potentially trickle in behind it. And that's leaving aside the plain and simple danger of not thinking clearly enough to protect the people he loves from unnecessary harm.]
Re: Day 28, 1amish
[And yet now he actually has things he's looking forward to. His life is no longer dull nor lonely, and the stagnant feeling that had weighed him down and smothered him has lifted. Local violence aside, he's happy, and that makes him vulnerable -- because now that there's the possibility of a future he actually wants, he's afraid to lose it. Every crack in his emotional armor lets the light shine on his greyed-out world a little more, and at the same time makes it easier for madness to potentially trickle in behind it. And that's leaving aside the plain and simple danger of not thinking clearly enough to protect the people he loves from unnecessary harm.]