I think it's probably easier when you're the protagonist, too.

[He grins a little, wry. Adam has always had trouble even seeing himself as the protagonist of his own story - there are so many who outshine him. Quiet stubbornness and hard work are not usually the traits of a main character, after all, and Adam was never prone to the sorts of flights of fancy that would imagine otherwise.]

It's all right not being that, though. I mean, we all do what we can to survive here, and sometimes it sucks. I'm surprised any of us manage to be happy at all.

[Even him, more often than he'd expect.]