I'll let you figure out the story behind this.
No, I won't. So this douchebag pretty much wrecked his whole life, it's his fault. Lost everything, made a deal, started to get a lot of it back (and even moreso) and still had to hold up his end of the bargain. Now, his end of the bargain proves to be horrendous at a certain point, and there's two sides fighting against himself - do what he promised he would, or do what his heart says. These birds? They're not birds, they're seekers. They'll find you.