"Kidnapped? Dare I ask?" That sounds like a whole story in and of itself. "I taught myself all the skills I needed. My parents only taught me how to be independent and fend for myself as a kid -- rules weren't going to protect me in world where everyone was out to get me. Hatching plots, licking my wounds and getting revenge occupied a lot of my time."

And now he's the crafty schemer who's forever paranoid. It would take a lot more than someone as experienced as Izzy to really get the jump on him.

"You don't have to be like that, though. There are plenty of good people here in Avalon. If you're ever in a bind, you just need to ask them for help, and they'd come running."