"Are you saying that in the past few months, you've actually been kidnapped and kept in a closet? Dude, that's grim. Like, I came from a world under attack by aliens who used giant sea monsters to wipe out mankind but still. Grim."

At least that's one thing he's managed to avoid, a good ol' fashioned kidnapping, though Newt hopes he hasn't just jinxed himself. It's been awhile since someone's fucked him up, even since he's had a flare-up in his head from being connected to the hivemind--though he's not sure how strong that connection is anymore, if it's still there at all, because he's so far removed from Hong Kong. Life's just been good lately. Between working with Kieren on keeping him de-zombified and moving into the condo, everything's been pretty gravy.

He'd prefer if things could stay that way.

"Where're you from, anyway? So I can, y'know, not go to there."