" The things that happen to you don't change who you are as a person,' she said, nudging him affectionately. 'I mean, whether you're scarred or traumatised or a bit broken, you're still going to be the cunning, watchful, taciturn man I have loved since I was a little girl. You've never done anything by half. And where Nate runs headlong at something with all the grace of a wounded rhinoceros, you think and wait and learn untill you're more than good enough. Trust yourself more. Somehow I doubt you'll go off and slaughter people at random. "

― Rebecca Crunden , A Promise of Return (The Outlands Pentalogy #3)