[ Carver lowers the glass slowly. He doesn't say anything for a moment. Then: ]

I killed a woman before I got pulled in here. I killed a lot of people, but her -

[ His mouth twitches. Not a smile. ]

Her name was Josephine, I think. Just a kid, really. And I killed her because she was in front of me, because her people were in the way, because they had food and we needed it.

[ There's not much of anything in his voice then. He sets the glass back down. ]

This place isn't real. It's just a trick, a game someone's playing. I know what I am, Gold. I'm the same thing I've always been.