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==Personality==
Mark suffers from clinical depression, though he is in treatment. He is noted to improve markedly after taking medication but does chronically forget to take it.<ref name="Interlude 11h" /><ref name="concussion"/><ref>Possibly.  Probably.  I’ve felt like I was at least one step behind things my whole life.  Like a conversation with friends and family, but every time you’re ready to speak, people have already moved on to the next topic.  Except… events....<br/>[...]<br/>The only time life makes sense, the only time it feels right, is when your mom and I are on a battlefield together.  Lights in the darkness.  I almost never have regrets or dread when it comes to that. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/29/sundown-17-9/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.9]]</ref> Which leads to him regularly feeling incompetent and out of his depth.

He is adept in reading the room and proactive when it is necessary to ease the tension. However, he can be a bit shallow in his good intentions.<ref>[[Interlude 16.y II|From Within 16.y]]</ref>