DEREK.
When you're a kid adults to know anything, especially if they don't have decades on you, I guess. Pretty sure it took me way longer than a couple of years just to get being myself down, let alone taking the position of Alpha.
My bones break and reform, to put it kind of plainly, so it helps to have something to brace against until the change is partially through. Sounds good, I'm going to head out and change in a minute.