Two Wolves, One Shadow Page 31
by Chris Smith
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Pete was like that too, he was never satisfied with what he had acquired. Something new was always around the corner and then he would have to own that too. Enough was never enough. You see, these badges - artefacts - make you feel good for a short time but then something better, newer, bigger, glitzier inevitably comes along and makes the old one seem, well, rather crappy really. This causes a dilemma because the list keeps renewing itself and in the blink of an eye, contentment vanishes. James wondered if he had ever been content, but then in comparison to Pete, everything he had was rather crap.
