[STOP. Sometimes you walk into the cage.]

Worse, almost. [His wry laugh is short and quiet.] They coerced me into feeling guilty about my actions and being friends.

Somehow, they found out I was a traitor. They confronted me while I was in disguise at a party following my attempts to negotiate a return trade for the second beacon, and then they interrogated me after paralyzing me and pulling me out.

But they let me go... to try to make things better than I had found it.