"I think I'd rather have a thunderstorm," Jim admitted a moment later. "I kind of... wasn't happy. I was always in trouble. Being brought home by the cops for doing stupid things just because I could. All in all, Mom's... pretty disappointed in me."

He couldn't blame her. He was pretty disappointed in himself, too. He was just half-decent at hiding that, sometimes.

"I don't do quiet well. I dream too big for that, and Montressor is... I don't know. It's claustrophobic."