Daddy's Yatch
As a son of wealthy parents, Rafael spent many weekends alone with his parents on "Daddy's yatch".  He would look at the ocean and pretend that nothing else remained but the boat and him.  Of course then one of his parents would show up and the illusion would be fade.  Then again a few years later their parents got divorced and his dad fell real silent, so the illusion wouldn't get shattered as easily as before...
He didn't have many friends as a kid...