Redsand Canyon did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?

Indeed; there were boys that tumbled from the womb with stars in their eyes, great destinies to actualize -- but if Riley had any inward dreams or passions, he had yet to uncover them. His fate was no coursing river - it was a flat and phlegmatic lake; dark in the middle, and without a ripple to be seen.

He was oblivious to Colin's accurate assessment of him, for he was still stuck on guiding -- who? His brow furrowed at the mention of worship. Colin had Riley for the briefest moment when he had mentioned someone you want to stay with, but now that connection was fading away and the tether was severed. "Worshipping is stupid." Riley responded, the utter dismissal in his tone very much a callback to his headstrong mother.