Well, I didn't exactly get a choice on that one. [ Not at first, and one could argue the whole of the world being on the line still doesn't give Desmond a lot of options, if you're not a complete psychopath. ] Kidnapped with the threat of death isn't exactly my idea of a fun time.

[ It wasn't even that damn long ago, and yet it feels like a lifetime. Both the break in and, yeah, the very real possibility he was just gonna be some nice red wall painting when he didn't have any more use.

(Sometimes Desmond wonders if that'd have been a mercy compared to-- ah, best to leave that alone for now.)

Desmond chews things over in his mind for a second. ]

I'd say 'it's complicated', but... honestly, the constant fight for control and freedom, at it's root... [ A shrug. ] I don't think the complexity of it matters nearly as much when I'm from.