Assuming the latter were the people who had given him the strange notebook, they had saved him for a purpose. Either they wished for him to accomplish something or were grooming him for a specific task—in other words, a new set of strings ready to puppeteer his life and actions without his consent.
It's not always bad. Even if the strings may resemble shackles, we must not forget that they can lift a puppet.
Assuming the latter were the people who had given him the strange notebook, they had saved him for a purpose. Either they wished for him to accomplish something or were grooming him for a specific task—in other words, a new set of strings ready to puppeteer his life and actions without his consent.
The Forsaken Sovereign
Fantasy · Naphulae