Yeah. [He nods.] To be honest, it was a lot harder when I first arrived. I didn't know anyone at all, and shortly after I was thrown into an event like this which I explained the first time we met.

[He laughs a little bit, sadly.] I couldn't look at my soccer ball after that event, since I had carried it with me the whole time. Every time I looked at it, it reminded me just how terrifying that was.