"That does sound like he would have had it easy." Kurt lets his gaze wander back around the treehouse, keeping a tiny thread of attention on the antics of the fire wolf puppy. His tail winds back into his hands; he rubs an idle circle over the spade with his thumb.

"Sometimes I think.. what it would be like to have had an easier life. To have been born looking like everyone else, in a happy family. Would it have made me a better person? Or am I who I am because of what God chose for me? 'What ifs' are difficult questions to answer, even when you're not unwell."