The most important thing he learns in his life is that he cannot protect anyone. The outside forces of the world were far more powerful than he was. Friends were cautiously made and quickly let go of when they were inevitably separated. Perhaps this helplessness was why he clung so tightly to his mother. One day they would be separated and he had to memorize every nook and cranny of her face, know exactly what she would say to any situation and know the candace of her voice long after he had last seen her.

As a child he is truly helpless but as he grows older his obsessive protectionism doesn’t change. Even as he grows older, gains some small bit of control over his surroundings and is able to stay with those he loves, the helplessness he knows sticks with him and contributes to self-destructive tendencies. He clings so hard he doesn’t realize when he clings too hard and crushes the people he values.