[Now imagine a whole camp full of kids going through puberty while going to war. Amazing that anything ever got done.]
I... Sort of. Yeah. On the battlefield, people only care that you can fight. And that was something I could do. I'm the son of one of the three most powerful gods, which makes me powerful too. I can raise my own army. I c... I can end a life just by willing it.
[He's only done it once, and he hopes to never do it again. But he can.]
I like being a part of something, and acknowledged as something other than "that creepy death kid".