Payton is an incredibly skilled figure skater. He has a lot of natural talent and is also entirely self taught. This is not because he thought he was too good for coaching, but because he could never afford one. He acts entitled, has expensive things and dresses well to keep up appearances and fit in with the other figure skaters but in reality he lives paycheck to paycheck and uses all of his money to buy ice time and things for figure skating competitions. Under his façade he is a sweet guy.