[Cadel had grown up in, and originally gone to school with, the absolute worst company. Prosper, who'd thought Cadel was his son, had intentionally manipulated his entire life that way, to place him in circumstances that would engender distrust, paranoia, and isolation, while simultaneously pushing him to rely on Prosper alone for support. While Cadel is intellectually aware his personal experiences are drastically skewed because of it, it's hard to muster up anything resembling an idealistic faith in humanity.
He has faith in individual people as they prove themselves to him-- which is why he sees something like Jesse's determination to heal others as remarkable.]
I was at home already. I don't really want to start everything over again here, but I guess since they don't seem to be interested in publicizing the contents of their files on us, it at least won't be hard.
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He has faith in individual people as they prove themselves to him-- which is why he sees something like Jesse's determination to heal others as remarkable.]
I was at home already. I don't really want to start everything over again here, but I guess since they don't seem to be interested in publicizing the contents of their files on us, it at least won't be hard.