That was certainly the objective at different points. He does show slight growth in certain realms (and only in certain portions, during the right mindset) and that’s what I wanted. He almost has the neckbeard mentality, but was a hiccup in the universe and was granted an easy limiting situation, good health and looks, and hell, even friends that he doesn’t really deserve. Without spoiling too much for people who haven’t read Code Junkie and are interested, I won’t go into too much more detail, but there are certainly times that Kevin himself feels appreciative of these gifts, if only for a fleeting moment, before saying or doing something that bastardizes it.