"Earth… shit; I'm still only in Earth… Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the Crystal Empire. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to Spike, until I said 'yes' to him moving out. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the Empire. I'm here a week now… waiting for a mission… getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute the Changelings squat in the bush, they get stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter."