In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once," Jason said.

I was vanquished by a deer!' A giant magical flying deer with fangs,' Seth said, parroting a description Gavin had shared earlier. That sounds a little better,' Warren conceded. 'Seth is in charge of my tombstone.

I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.

i hate how my past actions keep messing up my future choices" Seth Sorson aka " fablehaven " (my son's quote)

You don't get it? He poisonded me! He poisonded me, and you're next. I'm going to die. We're all going to die." -Seth

Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.