[ strong in many ways. tenacious and firm, sometimes to a fault. that he doesn't want to look like he's struggling, that he wants to be composed, but...

it's not all pretense. not all hot air and bravado. a quiet confidence. ]

There is, yes.

[ smiling gently, tenn closes his eyes. ]

I believe there is always a path for everyone on it. The sea, that is. It'll take us wherever we need to be.

[ even if it's not as romantic as he imagined it. his shoulders rise and fall with another breath, and then he opens his eyes: ]

Even if it's nowhere in particular.