Swamp Dragon's aura showed an accurate picture of what he had gone through.
He had been shattered into pieces, and he took those pieces and put himself back together. However, the person he rebuilt was very different from the original.
Kyle remembered the stories Swamp Dragon had told about his past. He had been betrayed many times in his life, which was why he had avoided attachments. Eventually, he got attached to Kyle. He gave friendship one more shot.
And then, that person betrayed him as well.
Swamp Dragon lost all hope and gave up. Now, he saw attachments as weaknesses since they were just distracting him from his true purpose. The person Swamp Dragon died, and a machine was born. To commemorate the birth of this new machine, he deliberately infused his mind with the most stalwart Element, Earth. In his own way, he had sworn an oath. He lived for his goal, not for himself.
