[Zam grins sheepishly at the man’s extended silence.] Sorry, did that get too dark? It wasn’t that bad. Really.

[He does his best to sound sincere. At least it hadn’t hurt. They hadn’t even had time to register the pain of the saberdart piercing their neck before the neurotoxin kicked in. After that, it had been like someone turning out a light.

Waking up had been the hard part.]

I mean, the alternative would have been just dying. So if you think about it, I caught a lucky break by waking up here. It’s probably worse for people like you who were still alive and had things to do before the Ingress took them.