Haunted Wood I can keep away the creeps

He smiled at her question. 
"Mal basically smacked me in the head with some logic I was...sorely in need of." He laughed quietly at the memory of how harshly the man had spoken to him. 
"Reminded me that we all have a choice, and we aren't doomed to keep repeating the same thing over and over just because we were told that's how it is. I was an idiot whining about hating myself and too stuck up my own ass to realize...I didn't have to. I didn't have to be a monster." 
He shook his head and then smiled good naturedly. "And Fen? Fen is the most beautiful creature I could ever ask to meet. She's not just beautiful...she's soft and sweet and loving. I don't know what hit me but I knew when we met I needed to be by her side. And I wouldn't want her in a place like this."