Seth can't help but smile a little at Daniel's surprise. "Yeah, it was pretty crap," he answers. "Aaand, yeah, it was as weird and messed up as it sounds. That sort of shit happened uncomfortably often, actually."

For a while he'd actually done a really good job of not getting into it, though. Just... staying out of it, not getting himself involved. It was a pretty effective method for neither endangering his safety nor his feelings. Also not very fulfilling.