I'm not firm on this, but I may narrow it down to the Lonely, the Desolate, or the Spiral.
Presumably, the Lonely can make people feel alone, unseen, and left behind. I'm not sure how to execute casting someone away into it other than making them FEEL it, because a melancholy wave of a ghostly hand making someone vanish would end a thread pretty quickly, I think.
The Desolation is a lovely one because Drake underwent a dramatic change in demeanor thanks to a very long period of being unrelentingly spurned by his wife. (They were just in the middle of fixing it up, but) It destroyed some of the best, most positive parts of him, leaving his life feeling desolate. On the flip side, he's an engineer, a physicist, and an inventor. He makes things, builds things, fixes things. He's a creator. He saves lives. (And he's helped created a couple.) So his life feels desolate, yet has so much in it.
The Spiral is more a nod to his fear of losing his mind. (Which has happened once or twice.) Being made to feel underwhelming, he considers his intellect to be not only his greatest asset, but indeed the only thing of value he can offer. Besides that, the spiral and fractal imagery speak to the mathematician in him.
Besides those three, others I could consider are the Slaughter. He's pretty angry pretty often and has a decent amount of survivor's guilt after witnessing too much death. The Vast. He does not fear vastness or insignificance at all. Rather, he finds it awe inspiring to be a part of something greater and more meaningful than any of the petty squabbles among Earth's nations. The Eye. He's observant and incisive. He loves (and is very good at) learning. He likes to know things and does NOT like people knowing things about himself (especially how he sees himself which, to his mind, is an unflattering truth rather than just his perception). The Buried. He isn't claustrophobic, but is terribly afraid of drowning, having gone through it once already. May trail dripping water rather than sand?
I dunno, folks, lay it on me. How can this cagey little 5'3" mongoose put the spook in you?
Drake Riley
Presumably, the Lonely can make people feel alone, unseen, and left behind. I'm not sure how to execute casting someone away into it other than making them FEEL it, because a melancholy wave of a ghostly hand making someone vanish would end a thread pretty quickly, I think.
The Desolation is a lovely one because Drake underwent a dramatic change in demeanor thanks to a very long period of being unrelentingly spurned by his wife. (They were just in the middle of fixing it up, but) It destroyed some of the best, most positive parts of him, leaving his life feeling desolate. On the flip side, he's an engineer, a physicist, and an inventor. He makes things, builds things, fixes things. He's a creator. He saves lives. (And he's helped created a couple.) So his life feels desolate, yet has so much in it.
The Spiral is more a nod to his fear of losing his mind. (Which has happened once or twice.) Being made to feel underwhelming, he considers his intellect to be not only his greatest asset, but indeed the only thing of value he can offer. Besides that, the spiral and fractal imagery speak to the mathematician in him.
Besides those three, others I could consider are the Slaughter. He's pretty angry pretty often and has a decent amount of survivor's guilt after witnessing too much death.
The Vast. He does not fear vastness or insignificance at all. Rather, he finds it awe inspiring to be a part of something greater and more meaningful than any of the petty squabbles among Earth's nations.
The Eye. He's observant and incisive. He loves (and is very good at) learning. He likes to know things and does NOT like people knowing things about himself (especially how he sees himself which, to his mind, is an unflattering truth rather than just his perception).
The Buried. He isn't claustrophobic, but is terribly afraid of drowning, having gone through it once already. May trail dripping water rather than sand?
I dunno, folks, lay it on me. How can this cagey little 5'3" mongoose put the spook in you?