Well, um - Asa and Ruth bought this hotel to house people who were helping to take the cult down, and -

[Not quite true, but he doesn't know the finer financial details of their ownership and that's close enough. Besides, the really important and terrifying part to share is still coming up. With all his attention fixed on the thumbnail he's worrying away almost to the quick, he blurts out:]

- I was a member. For awhile. Two years. When I met you, I'd just done deprogramming.