"I had nothing of the sort, except the kind you can bodge together during war," he says, referring to philosophy. "I've recently had the opportunity to learn more about it and I'm...it's slow going, but I like what I've read. I like that there's options."

It might be an odd thing to say, but Sebastian is both astounded and angry by the variety of knowledge available. As enthusiastic as he is now about all the books that are available to him, he can't help but wonder why wasn't this his before? Why was he denied the opportunity to know?