"Yeah... right. I guess things will keep on going from here." It's hard to imagine where things are possibly going to end up, considering all the things that Rich has to work on fixing back home, but it's best to have hope, isn't it?

"I guess I'll start from... a couple years ago. I wasn't, uh, in the best space, I guess. My mom passed away when I was little, and my dad took it really hard. He kept medicating with alcohol, and when me and my brother were upset and making noise, he'd take it out on us."

He breathes out a sigh. "My brother, Reese, was the only one who could really take care of me, and he left for college right when I was starting high school. I couldn't make any friends while I was there, and I didn't even have him to fall back on. Had a bunch of confusing feelings about girls... and uh, guys for that matter. Plus I had a shitton of other mental problems I couldn't get help for, because my dad believed in 'manning up' rather than actually taking medication. J-Jokes on him, he didn't even know I was a man, but I started that transition beginning of high school too." Rich chuckles gently at his own bad joke, but stops himself there. That was certainly a lot to put on Trunk's plate.