[The admission feels like it takes a little of the wind out of him. How is he supposed to boil something so deep and integral to himself down to just a few sentences, mere words?]
There were a lot of other reasons for why I left when I did, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was... it was important to my family that I joined the Shaolin, but I didn't think that the monks would accept me because of that. I didn't think anyone would.
So I ran.
[Jin stabilizes himself with a slow breath. Telling someone about your identity's easy: explaining all the baggage isn't.]
I didn't like the person I was for a long time. I lied and I stole and I did what I had to do to get by while I was living on the streets. Because I was afraid. Now that I'm older... I make it a point to be as true to myself-- what I believe in-- as I can. I didn't spend all that time hating who I was born as to not give myself that freedom. So... yeah. I'm an ass sometimes. But I'm proud of who I am, and nobody gets to take that from me.
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[The admission feels like it takes a little of the wind out of him. How is he supposed to boil something so deep and integral to himself down to just a few sentences, mere words?]
There were a lot of other reasons for why I left when I did, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was... it was important to my family that I joined the Shaolin, but I didn't think that the monks would accept me because of that. I didn't think anyone would.
So I ran.
[Jin stabilizes himself with a slow breath. Telling someone about your identity's easy: explaining all the baggage isn't.]
I didn't like the person I was for a long time. I lied and I stole and I did what I had to do to get by while I was living on the streets. Because I was afraid. Now that I'm older... I make it a point to be as true to myself-- what I believe in-- as I can. I didn't spend all that time hating who I was born as to not give myself that freedom. So... yeah. I'm an ass sometimes. But I'm proud of who I am, and nobody gets to take that from me.