As an aging, conventional person of little consequence
Answer: because you chose not to make yourself happy.
Explanation: and what i mean is to find things that make you happy.
C, the setting is the place and time of story. It just describes the scene, place and date/time of the story. :)
At first it began feeling intense, but as Trinius looked at the man on the cross the story felt calm the expression the person felt on the cross the story brought calm and strength. The man had no hate though everyone around him and either anger, sadness, but not the man he had no hate he was calm though in pain. The mood here has many expressions either in the background the character Trinius or the man on the cross.
Hopefully this is good for you :)