"No, Miss Ritchi. That's...it isn't what I want. Not at all. I told you previously, I didn't want anyone or anything dictating me...you told me that I could have a fresh start here, that I could have an opportunity to decide for myself how my life goes. But I think...it's necessary that we have this discussion."

He takes a seat on the couch opposite her and fixes her with a look.

"But it seems I am unable to escape such a fate."

So he quiets, and starts to listen - listen well, which is hard for him to do because everything that she is saying is incredibly difficult to take in and believe.

Yet...at the same time it's not so ludicrous after all.

He somehow manages to keep himself reigned in...until that last bit. That's when he explodes.

"He's -- he's alive?"