"Good stories," Wash said. "Mac got a very condensed version of what I was dealing with, and just that was kind of a slog, emotionally speaking. I didn't think about getting into the nuance of it all."

Things are complicated, whatever went down.

So very complicated.

"After four dimensional kidnappings, I've only ever seen five people from home."

And two of them were North and Theta and another two were Epsilon and Alpha, SO. "I didn't feel there was a worry to dig into old pains and regrets."

He lets a few more pictures of Choco scan through. There are a lot of candid ones of her and Eve. (Donnie likes pictures of his datemates.) "Choco knows...most things about me. It'd probably be harder to find something she has no clue about then not. She knows the nuances and complications and how much...how much I wish I could have seen you again. Things just didn't work out. Being technically AWOL and then stranded on a planet makes it really hard to touch base with people again."

Also when the person was dead.

But technically none of that is wrong, it is kind of why he hasn't tried contacting his family.