[ The thing is, Alan isn't sure who he can trust in or believe right now. The list of people who fall into those categories is small. In fact, there's only a handful of people on said list, and he doesn't even know what happened to one of those people. Jesse is someone on that list, and so is Saga, but even if he doesn't have all of his memories, he has a history with Jesse, which puts her closer to the top.

It also makes her someone he has to protect.

He nods slowly as she continues talking; of course Estevez will want to be involved, as it seems she's been overseeing matters here for some time now. Of course she'll have a lot of questions for him, given how badly her first attempt at questioning him went. It's not something he's looking forward to, but he already said he'd cooperate, and he intends to do just that. ]

Well, she sounds a lot better than what the Dark Presence does, anyway. As far as I'm concerned, she's someone to keep around. Not that she's going anywhere or that it's up to me.

[ He quiets again for a moment or two, trying to think back to his first meeting with... Who was it? I remember hearing a voice, and it belonged to someone who was trying to help me. Why don't I remember? ]

It was... someone in a diver's suit, but we weren't near the water. I think... I think it wasn't just a person in a diver's suit.

[ At her next question, Alan just looks down. ]

I know the memories are there, and I know I made promises to you, but- [ He wants to hit himself in the head, as if that would dislodge the memories that seem to be hidden from him. ]

Did I promise that I'd come back? That I... wouldn't forget you? I guess I didn't keep that one, did I?

[ Now he finds he can't look her in the eyes. ]