"That's hardly the biggest problem though. I'm sure it was a lot worse for people here... dealing with people with their friends' faces attacking them and shit. I just... had a weird I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream thing going on. You guys dealt with worse."

Of course, a situation as dire as one of the most infamously depressing sci-fi stories ever written should qualify as 'a big problem,' but Rich is great at deflecting.

"...She told me a little bit. I don't know all of what went on, but I know the kid inside me told her some things about... some of my memories. Really personal shit. It's got her freaked out. No wonder she probably fought so hard to get things back to normal."

He sighs and leans against one of his hands. "But you know her. She doesn't give all the information. I think there was probably more going on, but the chances of me getting it out of her when she's worried about me..."