Being away from home so soon scores marks into his heart, a
strange ache beneath the skin that he almost attributes to loneliness or
anxiety before he can shake it away. After all, it was he who suggested this
march. With the ranks beginning to grow once again, a contact of his father’s
given to him proper and words exchanged, the need to meet in person with a show
of force- he’s trying to reacclimatise, but it’s difficult.