I can't say I did. One or two in passing, but I was not welcome most anywhere I went. Even when I contained my powers, I found that the human world still wasn't a place for me, and that most wanted nothing to do with me.

[He shuffles from where he'd been standing, shaking the snow off his shoes.]

Thankfully, I was lucky enough to find myself directed to a different calling. And the bonds I made from ther..., even if it is not out of love, even if it is not with humans... they have still been foundational in my purpose.

...

That said... I won't pretend it's the same in the slightest. Or that what I consider important is something anyone would think is "good".

It just is. I cannot change it at this point.