And not to mention this uncle's words hit him right in the face.
But in his mind, he had an appropriate reason for this. A simple answer that made him leave the Tildon house.
"I didn't want to be a burden to you nor older brother Wolfer," Reece said with some shame apparent on his face.
In the few days, he had been awake, Wolfer had come to meet him multiple times and who knows whether this was out of Alfin's recommendation from before or some guilt of letting Alfin be captured. Wolfer started to call Reece his little brother.
Which, unknown to Wolfer, made Reece more guilty. And in fear of causing him trouble. He ran away.
"Don't worry, you are not. The biggest burden is on your master." Tarkov was able to understand how Reece felt. Guilt can be a troublesome thing and a feeling he is used to.
So in some bizarre sense, he didn't want Reece to turn out like him.