He studied the back of one hand. "It's not the name, so much. Caffrey isn't even the name I was born with. It's not the one I grew up with. I've had dozens of aliases."
A fact that he's always had very mixed feelings about. A fact that makes him feel a little lost in his own skin, sometimes. "I don't know. The idea of being part of something like that. Getting to love someone that much and figuring out ways to show it. Getting to see someone's life take shape in front of you, getting to help them find who they want to be in it. Helping them... learn to be them. It's not so much about legacy, for me. It's getting to see the best part of the future right in front of you."
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He studied the back of one hand. "It's not the name, so much. Caffrey isn't even the name I was born with. It's not the one I grew up with. I've had dozens of aliases."
A fact that he's always had very mixed feelings about. A fact that makes him feel a little lost in his own skin, sometimes. "I don't know. The idea of being part of something like that. Getting to love someone that much and figuring out ways to show it. Getting to see someone's life take shape in front of you, getting to help them find who they want to be in it. Helping them... learn to be them. It's not so much about legacy, for me. It's getting to see the best part of the future right in front of you."