[There is an atrocity Bush has no experience of; it is the sort of thing only heard of during the Black Death, or biblical plagues.]

Take care, lad. Just keep a sound head on your shoulders and don't let yourself be pushed into anything you oughtn't.

[It sounds like it may be too late for that.]

A calling is all well and good but be slow and steady. There's not much was ever the worse for done with a little less haste and more care.