@Grudgehell59
Honestly, I find it refreshing at the idea of how a hero being burdened with the responsibility of being a hero, has to always go with the idea that they have to be strong, stronger than anyone because they are the one that has to save the world. Too often there's this idealistic sense of belief that the hero will just be optimistic and just solve problems somehow and just save the day. But really, things are way more complicated than that.
And frankly, who's idea is it to choose a KID to be a hero? This guy seems like he's still in his teens. Because teenagers are actually capable of being burdened with the salvation of the entire world, right? And they are perfectly capable of making the right choices, right?
Yeah, Douglas is softhearted, but that's because the hero and the others were like kids that he had looked after. They are almost like his own kids or little brothers. Even if they betrayed them, he still saw them as his family. He won't bend when they are threatening his adopted daughter, but he won't just abandon them. Sure, he could cut ties with them because of this, but he wants to know why the people he had once cared for so much did this to him. And because he's not a vengeful person, he wants to know what he had done to them that they would do this to him.
I admire Douglas for having the courage to not give into his anger and hatred and instead try to understand. If there's anything left of their former relationship to salvage, he wants to believe in that. If not, that he will learn to accept.