I can't return to Goldenrod. There was an...incident. [ Assumption gently pressed against Walter's side before sliding off the sofa. Walter sighed and watched him go, sadly. He lowered his voice to explain to Anders. ]

I went there, to see some- so Assumption could see his friends. Someone I knew saw us first. He and I - one of us will kill the other back home. He attacked me. Assumption protected me.