"I think yours is worse, actually. I came out of everything physically fine. What happened to you is much more permanent and a lot less fair." He wonders if pain medication is supposed to do that, but he's not an expert on medicine that isn't herb based and Siberia at that, so he'll trust the doctors know what they're doing. "I'm not being negative, I just don't want to bring anyone down. It's been on my mind ever since I realized I was going to get a room mate."