[There's a huff of a laugh, or maybe a sigh.]

It wouldn't be the first time. A lot of people think I am what I'm not.

[But...]

After becoming a Traveler... I thought I was someone powerful. Powerful enough to grab anything I reached for.

[Looking back, it's easy to see where he'd become drunk with power. Going from helpless to practically almighty went to his head so quickly, it's ridiculous.

He thought he knew himself. But in truth, he was never as great as he'd thought.]

Before I became a Traveler... I didn't have any power at all. I was just some kid everyone spread stupid, inflated rumors about.

[Time and time again, all because of reasons out of his hands, no matter how much damage control he ran.]

You didn't care if you died. [And here, he swallows hard. Because this isn't something he's ever admitted, isn't something anyone knows outside of his aunt and the personnel who became involved in stopping him.]

I... would have liked to, back then.

[He isn't - and never was - as strong as Boa thought.]