It seemed like his mentioning of von Karma had at least thrown the other man off. Gant took a bit of satisfaction in that. He had so often felt he was losing his touch in surprising people here. So, maybe just giving surprising information didn't completely count, but it was satisfying nonetheless!

It was Gant's turn to be surprised shortly after. Years? Really? "W-well, only about a month ago, my time." He chuckled nervously, hoping the man wasn't being literal. What a thing for an old colleague to say about another. But then again, Badd hadn't held the same relationship with Manfred as Gant had. Which reminded him, he hadn't really gotten to plan any investigations with him here yet. Last time he had saw old Manfred had been two days ago. Surely... surely the old goat hadn't been released. Hmm. Some snooping was in order.

And another surprise! "Ex-cops, you say?" As in plural? Baddo, Baddo, Baddo, what have you been doing since my time?

Right, back to his question. "No one really knows for sure why we've all been given aliases and brought here. I've met a slew of odd characters in the last few days. Naturally, one would think the Head Doctor was trying to gain something by holding us for ransom. That sort of thing. But that doesn't seem to be the case."