Linden is dissatisfied with a lot, too, and even if he behaves like it sometimes and his habits are not those of a careful man who values his life, he is not suicidal. Lately he cares about more, recognizes what he has to do and live for, and it's just bad timing that all has gone bad at such an inopportune time.

He can't go the way of his parents.

"That was nothing," he's quick to say. "It really wasn't any trouble, and what happened was totally understandable. I'm so sorry you had your control taken away from you like that."

By merit of being in here, Linden knows just what that's like.