[y.winter]

I did wonder about his scar.
It's sad to read about his past, I give him credit for not using it in his VT.
I think he's trying to compensate over it by working out and proving himself in so many ways to be "one of the group" - so he got frustrated when it seemed not to work. I think he'd better off losing all of this and not trying too hard to impress (that's however why I didn't warm to him) - it will be then when he'll really shine.
Good luck to him with that.