"Ah, so that's what that is," Octavius said thoughtfully. "I know it's hard. Being a parent and a 'responsible' adult means sacrifices but you will still find time for your passion somewhere down the line. If it's in your soul to be an artist, it will come back." Life was a long and complicated thing. It wasn't simply being in one place and remaining there. It was phases and he had statistics to back that. People changed jobs at least 6 times in their life time. While he was sorry for Malachi that he had to give up something that he loved, he didn't think it was gone forever.