[@Kuro] Yup. He's much more the latter. I [i]did[/i] want to give him [i]one[/i] moment of awesome at some point, just to not make his narrative [i]so[/i] straightforward, but it's mostly meant to be a harsh dose of reality, gradually and crushingly delivered until he finds a way to rebuild himself. He's enthusiastic enough in the early going that he'll see, hear, and think no evil until things really catch up to him. Once they do... that's where the juicy part begins.