"I'm getting the feeling no one knows what the reasons are. I'm not sure if these douches are the type to give any hints or keep us in the dark." Eventually it all came out. Juno tricked him for a long while before it all came into frame, what she was doing and how she'd controlled him his whole life.

"I just got here so you'd know better obviously. It sucks that everyone seems to be used to this shit? Everyone I've talked to at least." Which admittedly was a very short list. Desmond seemed to forget a lot of social graces. He wasn't sure if he'd get that comfort back. Desmond tried to smile back. "It was nice. I had an apartment and a job I liked and did boring things like pay the bills and go grocery shopping. I thought about getting a fish." Not a real pet as that would be a little too hopeful. "No one tried to kill me for a few years." He was kind of lucky that way. "Where are you from?"