Always been! Like, it's never been that pronounced because his life back in Kapuskasing wasn't as stressful? But he's always had anxious/nervous tendencies, and he's really prone to blaming himself for. Everything. A lot. And getting down on himself. This just triggered it worse, so even if he did go back home, if he didn't have proper help then he wouldn't have automatically gotten better.

And he loved hockey before! He had to, he chose it over basketball, which he also loved. It's just so tied up with anxiety and sad things now. :(

Hahahaha jeez. Mostly 'cause of Eli's reaction to the paint, I think it was by one of his skates, probably if he could both arms? Because he wanted it to be over faster and it wasn't working fast enough and he panicked.

Also he kept Hoot in his backpack so he wouldn't get any blood on him, but he kept his backpack really close.