His siblings are all gawking at him from their places scattered across the livingroom. Breathtakingly alive, and right in front of Five. But they are not the thirteen-year-olds he remembers, and they are not the seventeen-year-olds Five was expecting to find. Something has gone wrong. Something has gone horribly, irreparably wrong.

Matt's most life-changing moments have always been made up of helplessness. And Matt will do anything in his power to never feel that sense of helplessness again. To make sure no one else ever does either. Even if fighting against that feeling of helplessness, is what will destroy him in the end. (Or: A Character Study of The Man Without Fear)