But different doesn't always mean bad. Just means different.
But here's the truth: sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
And, yes, change is scary, but it's also inevitable. It's up to you to make the best of it.
I guess Lieutenant Dan figured there's some things you just can't change. He didn't want to be called crippled, just like I didn't want to be called stupid.
Then I looked around in this place, at the chaos it's endured the way it's been adapted, burned, pillaged then found a way to build itself back up again, and I was reassured. Maybe my life hasn't been so chaotic. It's just the world that is and the only real trap is getting attached to any of it. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.