For some, life-altering moments come early.
Maybe it happens the first time their beloved parents, who had spoiled them their whole lives, finally say "no."
Or maybe it happens when the smartest or best kid moves on to higher education, stepping into a bigger institution where they learn that they were only ever a big fish in a much smaller pond.
For others, it might take years.
Decades, even.
But Decorative Personnel D had always thought he had gone through that realization much earlier in life.
After all, he had ended up under the very boot of Cassian Veyra as a mere child.
He ended up paying a lot for it back then.
His self-confidence took a hit early, crushed under the presence of someone far more overwhelming than anything he had known.
But just as that psycho tanked his extroverted prospects at a young age, he also forced him to grow faster than the others.
