The teenager feels stiff when Walter hugs him, and the tension stays as he feels his breath starting to quicken in response to a lightheaded feeling. He feels as though he is being punished, and the worst part is he does not have to confidence to assure himself he does not deserve it.

His parents may have been right to abandon him.

As his thoughts spiral, he begins to tremble and his chest tightens with pain. Setting his phone aside, he folds over where he sits as he struggles to contain the panic attack threatening to rob him of rationale thought entirely.