[This went from 0 to 100 real fast. He laughs, though there's a bitterness that wasn't there before.]

Yes, yes, I'm all those things. I'm a peddler of words, Berserker, not a hero. A voyeur itching for a good tale, who understands the world through stories, not sympathy. I've failed at all that I've attempted, I'm truly a useless man. However--

Even a broken clock can be right twice a day, you know. So to you, I say with utmost confidence that domestication isn't a state to be dismayed by.