"Do you think people here would do that?" It's not that Armand never thought anyone would do that, but he thought they were in a situation where lying wouldn't help in the long run. That was why it had only just now occurred to him that he could lie about his own history.

"It is difficult to get to know anyone to that extent here with the nurses chasing us around by day and the monsters at night." He could almost smile at that irony.