"11, nearly 12. I hadn't any living relatives here, so... I was put through the adoption system. It wasn't bad -- everyone was very kind, of course, it... well, is just a little disorientating. To have so much of your life missing. I suppose everyone thought that... I had blocked it out, perhaps something terrible had happened. Perhaps that is why I had been missing for so long. It is a strange thing, to have so much uncertainty and... then to have it all removed. There--"

He hesitates, winces a little.

"Did you hear of the children going missing the other month? They were being taken through fae doors. I was... investigating, as a Community Officer. I happened to fall upon a door being closed. I suppose... it was enough of a push to begin undoing my blocks."