In many ways, I feel lucky.  I did not spend my formative years in prison, as many children have, convicted of a crime and sent away to rot, only to be exonerated years later.  That happened to a friend of mine.  Instead, I spent my formative years fighting the Shang.  They made me the man I am today.  Actually, the Peloran did, but I wouldn’t have flown with them if the Shang hadn’t come, so I think I can still give them credit for me.