User blog comment:Toasterwafflez183/Ethan/@comment-35227264-20180727220314

In episode 2, Jaha asked Octavia to take care of him. I think they were close, then the dark year happened and if a child isn't that close to their caretaker they could go dark as stuff. So, I think that he kinda took that route and he went dark, but he also tried hard in combat to be Octavia's second so they will be close again. In the episode though, Madi becomes her second so I don't know what he thinks now. After they fought, he showed a softer side while she was helping him up, so he could just have that wall around him towards people he doesn't know since he isn't close to Octavia anymore.