[perhaps he should feel bad about lying to gnosis and withholding some data the man needs for whatever study he's working on... but some things just should not be shared with anyone. the man will just have to find someone else to question about that.

but in the meantime, shalem will throw him a bone, because there's something about his circumstances here that he can share.]

Ah, you don't either, Mr. Gnosis? I only remember waking on the forest floor, despite having gone to sleep in my bed. At the very least, the last place I remember sleeping in was my own room. [not that he feels safe sleeping in any other place, though. not until he's completely secured it.]