in my head, he apprenticed from 18-20ish so the timing would be close to perfect for him to have had his first chair at bray's shop and be one of the original artists. if bray gave him a shot like that fresh out of his apprenticeship he'd be ride or die for him for sure. and then he would have been around for all the craziness with his mom leaving his little brother with him and having to figure out how to cope with all that too.