Roqua accepts his apology and allows Jake to return to the gym. Jake learns even more from private time with Roqua. Roqua explains his story- his older brother, a very good fighter himself, got into a fight in a bar with a man who was mouthing off at him to protect Roqua, who was going to fight the man in response. His brother beat the man, but was shot and killed when the man returned
many ways. Like most quest heroes, Bilbo begins the story ignorant and untried, and he undergoes a series of preliminary adventures which help him in two ways. First, they give him the opportunity to learn about the world and the extent and proper use of his own powers. Second, they bring him the friends and talisman that he will need in order to prevail in his greatest adventure, the culmination of his quest. Because in a well-constructed quest story the development of wisdom and self-restraint is equally