"For his short life, I would hope he had that to combat the fear he must have had over being hunted."

Tilting his head back, he leaned it against Jim's shoulder and closed his eyes. These were the thoughts that pained him but he knew it was better to allow himself to feel this pain sometimes. Shutting the heart away from the painful memories, to reject them in favor of only the good, was an insult to those who had lived in the darker times.

"I am of a more somber mood presently it seems."