"I was given the chance once before to start over. Didn't go very well," another wry look.

Some parts of his past are written in his bones.

"I worry about him," he shakes his head. "He's been through so much in a short amount of time."

But there are things about Wilhelm's past too. Born into a powerful family, forced into the position of heir. His life might not have been as hard as some of the others, but he knows duty, and has lived under someone else's control.