When I met Denis in Mstera in November 2002, we bonded quite quickly. Fortunately I spoke Russian, but it took some time for me to register my language and understand the orphans. They are not accustomed to speaking with a foreigner. Denis wanted to be by my side every minute. I found out from the orphanage staff that he was a discipline problem. He had that wolf cub mentality I researched in my dissertation. One had to be aggressive to get what one wanted and caring for others was not often the recipe for success. When we left it was so traumatic he did not see me off. I understand he ran to his room and cried. Many orphans act that way upon the team departure. fortunately we exchanged letters and I returned several times before he left the orphanage for technical school in 2005.
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