_{❝Don’t worry about it.❞
                                                     ❝It’ll heal up real quick.❞
                                                             ❝Sam said so.❞
                                                                  ❝Promise ! ❞}

_{Dear Father might have said that anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. A humble concept.}

                                  _{Resulting in his insufferable need to be accepted.
                             He wears injuries and abrasions like a badge of honor.}

                                                    _{He tries to be one of the boys ;
                                              and once he’s made his point clear.
                                            Once his contentions are brought forth.
                             And once his actions are deemed adequate and sound.}

                                             _{He’s awarded the prestige of a paladin.
                                                      —– In his own mind, anyway.}

                                                              _{❝It’s just a scratch.❞
                                                                    ❝…Besides.❞
                                                  ❝It makes me look kinda tough ! ❞}