He did tell Lea things, though nothing he wanted to hear. The rest of it would turn against him in the end. He knew it. Could see it. If Lea couldn't accept vengeance, he'd never be able to accept what Thatch was. What his true role was always. To keep the peace. To be the poison in the dark.

"There are no easy solutions. And if you want to learn how to use your heart, new that you are, you may want to follow someone who has one." He let the darkness flow from him, curl into life, snake across the windows. He was glad Pops couldn't see him now. See the kind of person he had become.