"If only you could," his mother says. She closes the piano shut with a note of finality, and when Daniel looks into his mother's eyes he knows that she isn't ever going to look at him the way she used to. No more pride as he plays the piano, no more amusement as he leans over shoulder to correct her spelling, no more encouragement when he tries (and fails) at sports. Because in her eyes everyone has a destiny they need to fufill. Some just need a little pushing. He sees this. And it scares him. Years later as he lays dying, looking into the eyes of the woman who kills him he somehow knows that he was right.