~Alone in the woods he stays,
Alone with his thoughts he prays.
Time has soothed his wounds and made him stronger,
So that pain and suffering will hound him no longer. ~
The world which Cain lives in is ruled by humans and their companions, beasts which lend their strength to counterparts. To have strength, one is in need of a companion.
Cain is a cull, a rare being born without a companion, disdained and seen as a lower being. But the least of his problems is lacking a spiritual counterpart, when the very nation he lives in befalls tragedy.
Tragedy turned him into a savage, a lost savage searching for lost hope.