[archie stays silent for a moment as cass speaks, thinking it over. when he replies, he's at the same volume she's at. he's not always loud? who knew!]

About a year ago, there was a teenger that got ported in here. He'd come from a real bad situation and-- physically and mentally he was a wreck. I was still in government housing then, so we met when he showed up at the same place. I did my best, even though it wasn't really... that great, but he eventually ended up going to hospital to get the help he needed himself. He got out and it was all well and good, but the way shit is here, he backslid a little.

[he sighs.]

He got ported out a long time ago, but the last conversation we had before he left was him telling me that it only go so bad because I didn't do enough to help him-- that his mental break was essentially my fault. I know it wasn't, entirely, but it was still horrible to have a conversation like that. I'm thinking-- maybe Rex thinks that Martin needing that help from someone else would mean it's his failure as well. I don't think Martin would speak to him like that, but... I don't know. Maybe I'm just projecting.