[It was true that he'd been angry. His occasional frustration with the rest of Chimera and the rest of the residents had been real. He'd gained a faint appreciation for the struggles of his superiors back home in the process. That part is easier to explain than his tempestuous love-hate relationship with things that would control him. Things that could take the weight of those decisions away from him. Just as much as the part of him that has, from time to time, enjoyed his self-appointed position of power far too much.]

I am not always sure I know what those things are. Charitable actions are not exactly in the nature of wizards where I come from. It is something I have had to work at and have likely failed as much as I have succeeded. I only saw a need that required fulfilling. Magic is far too misunderstood. It becomes synonymous with 'impossible to comprehend' and is dismissed by most, when it is the thing that impacts our lives more than anything else.