"I was sent there," he said bluntly. It wasn't a very terrible memory, just not something he would tell ANYBODY about, but this wasn't anybody. "I was born in a very wealthy organization with my uncle running all operations while mother and I were pawns to carry out any assignment people would pay him for. I didn't know the details at the time, or maybe I was just twelve and didn't know politics. 'Was just told to fly there, bust some large machine, and get out."

He grinned, then. "I did pull it off, though! Just not the getting-out part. You've never been to other planets before, have you?"