[Walls, walls, walls, John is surrounded by them for a long, long time. Even the people he is closest to, he doesn't let them in, not all the way.]

Yeah. [It's fair to say that he can't really hide that, and it's not that he wants to. He just-- he doesn't know how else to operate. Every good, meaningful thing can be used against you if you admit to it.] My world- It's not safe for people like me, for my species.

[They don't' consider themselves human. He doesn't consider himself human (but he's not exactly a tomorrow person either, is he?)] We have to... stay hidden, and I've been trying to help my people stay hidden except I messed things up a lot of times and got kicked out tonight.