Jester has a flash back

Pedro sighed, felt dismayed as the stones began to fall and he found himself playing with sand, each house built up filled with cracks, and it did not take the wolf to blow the house away, even if it were not made of straw, the cracks were what made the buildings unstable, not livable and the jester tried to make another jest for life was easier that way and the words did not come, the feelings became contorted, his face a grimace he showed only to himself for the cornerstone was out of sync with what he did, his choices, they did not quite align with each other and it was 3 steps forward and 1 step backwards, sometimes 4 and it was beginning to dawn on him that he was only being left behind. There was nothing to jest about.