"Hm." He wants to bite back on that. Mostly that, liking, in general, is a two-way street when it comes to nations. He's a defector, not a deserter. Because, honestly, a deserter has some love for their home but a greater fear for their life. He couldn't give half a crap for the place anymore and could have just as easily put a bullet in his head for the same effect, but as a defector he wants to keep living in a place better than there.

"No." He focusses on the question about Connor. "He'd probably be easier to find if he was. We had a situation that required us to allow an investigator to come in from the outside. Turns out the man that provoked that situation? ...Well, he wasn't wrong. Exposed all kinds of lies that weren't exactly there to protect the community. My friend left first. I left not long after.

"This man was with the institute. He went by Connor at the time. Don't know what he'd be going by now."