Yeah, well. I wanted to get to college. Dad and Dean weren't too... happy about it, but, you know.

[ He'd figured it out, had won the scholarships, had pulled everything together to make it happen. And he'd been so close to finishing, too, and then- ]

Not everything, just... most things. [ He chuckles humorlessly. ] When that's all you know, it's hard to do anything else.