37 - "I don't think any word can explain a man's life." - 'Citizen Kane'
Watcher.
For the majority of my life, it was the only word I had any care to have applied to me, beyond the typical superlatives any human wishes to hear about oneself. Being a Watcher was more than simply my life's ambition, it was the only thing in the world, the only possible avenue to pursue. Even as a child, I harboured no fantasies of sailing across the ocean looking for new horizons to explore or of fighting fires or racing Lotuses on the international circuit.
There was nothing but the world of the Watcher, and the Wyndam-Pryce family tradition to uphold.
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Watcher.
For the majority of my life, it was the only word I had any care to have applied to me, beyond the typical superlatives any human wishes to hear about oneself. Being a Watcher was more than simply my life's ambition, it was the only thing in the world, the only possible avenue to pursue. Even as a child, I harboured no fantasies of sailing across the ocean looking for new horizons to explore or of fighting fires or racing Lotuses on the international circuit.
There was nothing but the world of the Watcher, and the Wyndam-Pryce family tradition to uphold.
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