He was a coward. A foolish disgrace to his family's name. Too weak, too frightened, too much of a wimp to do anything to protect the one he loves. He's had that opportunity numerous times, but is always reluctant to follow his heart instead of his mind and mother. At Australia, he debated between saving his love and disobeying his mother or watch his love become consumed by sharks. Because of his mental debate, no matter what his decision was going to be, he ended up defying his mother. While he was thinking, his mother gave her instructions and he hadn't paid any attention to her or her instructions. By then, it was too late. Holt the dolt had already swooped down and rescued her from his mother's murderous clutches, probably impressing her in the process. It couldn't be that hard, that difficult, that wrong to defy his mother. After all, Holt the dolt had managed to do it, and he's your average 50% brawny, 50% athletic, 100% idiotic fourteen year old on steroids. Now he lost all hope of his love ever returning his feelings. For the first time in his pampered life, Ian Kabra had felt something he had never felt before: despair.