[People. Bah. Good luck trying to talk the poster boy for misanthropy around, Bianca, you'll need it. His break with his friends has undone all of his progress and then some.]

Every time I trust someone, it ends up burning me. [You also have a bad habit of burning everyone who trusts you, Gene. But that's a moot point.]

[And perhaps here's a little more honesty than he'd have with someone who isn't a mom figure:] The one thing I've been trying to do all my life, and I'm abducted in the last five minutes. [He laughs bitterly.] How can I not be angry?