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Falling... Unexpectedly hurt.
It made sense when you took into account how far he had actually fallen but the pain had not been expected. In the back of his mind he dimly realized that he hadn't thought anything could be more painful than fath--Odin's...Odin's rejection. Logically there could have been no other reaction except for rejection but the shock of his beliefs being confirmed had been hurtful. He had always been the... unwanted son. As it often happens with unwanted children, it had eventually all been too much.
Everything had all piled on top of each other.
All the slights.
All the times he had been told "We are only playing with you brother!"
The love that was never given back.
Losing his children.
Realizing he had lost his family long before any of this....
Until eventually he just gave up.