Michael Smoak

I really did want to have to learn this lesson.

Not now.

Why now?

Why does it have to be now?

Could it not have been, I don't deserve it now.

But the realization is you're not bulletproof.

but you do have more capacity than you think.

So it's a recognition of resilience and fragility at the same time.

And I think that's where the humility comes from.

That's where the empathy comes from.

That's what Alain was talking about.

But I love that line.

Adversity is a terrible thing to waste because you develop a

a chip on your shoulder and you have something to prove again especially after a while people run out of gas some regard you know the kids that didn't believe in you in school the bullies that mocked you or the teacher that wasn't supportive or the coach that benched you

That will power a young person for a good while, but not forever.

And it's kind of nice to make an existential enemy every so often.

I think it's good to just have... For this season, there's a new bad guy in town.

And this time, it's this thing.

And I'm not going to be able to get my revenge on him now.

But in a couple of seasons, I actually reckon that this is going to be the next metamorphosis thing that I come out of.