"We are all products of our upbringings, Primale. The constructions that result from our choices are laid upon the foundation set by our parents and their parents before them. We are but the next level in the house or paver in the path." Phury shook his head slowly. "We can choose a different direction. We can move ourselves along a different heading of the compass." "Of that I am not sure." "Of that I must be sure... or I'm not going to make anything of this life you've given me."