Any mistakes are my own. This chapter not-beta'd.
Chapter Spoilers: 2.05 (Adam - episode cover/re-haul); multiple Doctor Who references to aliens, 'Army of Ghosts. and Doomsday'; and story reference to Chapter 15 - Jack's apology
Notes: Adam and Alun are the same person. The italics and bold section in the second flashback is the reference to Jack's thoughts in Chapter 15 (written only here, not in chapter 15). It's a long one, folks. And notes at the end.
Ianto was pacing around his living room, slowly working himself into a panic attack full of insecure thoughts.
The original plans for the evening were dinner; movies; and storytelling, mostly by Jack about his past. However, those plans were shot to hell when a ministry of Drahvins crash landed and needed to be dealt with.
Ianto gave Jack brownie points for actually calling and informing him of the need to stay at the Hub. But that call was over two hours ago, and that's why Ianto was worried.
What could be taking Jack so long? Surely it doesn't take Gwen this long to fill out a report. She may not like doing them and she often does them wrong just to spite me and have me do them over again, but she should be done and gone by now. Those were Ianto's logical thoughts and lasted for about ten minutes. Then his insecurities, despite both his and Jack's confessions of love to one another, conquered his thoughts.
What if Jack is having an affair with Gwen? She did retcon Rhys after all, and even though he told Gwen that he loves me, it could have been a lie. But he told me over the phone he loves me. He wouldn't do that and then sleep with Gwen, would he? His whole confrontation with Gwen wasn't an act, was it? Ianto's thoughts continued to run rampant, which is how he ended up pacing the living room, slowly beginning to hyperventilate.
Ianto wasn't dense, though. After an hour passed after Jack's call, he called the Hub, Jack's secure line, and Jack's mobile, but received no answer on all three. He tried Gwen's cell, despite needing to avoid the woman, and got no answer there either. That's what discouraged him the most and fueled his negative thoughts.
After no such luck with Jack, Gwen, or the Hub, he called Tosh and Owen. Owen didn't answer his home or mobile. But finally Ianto got through to Tosh on her home line after a failed attempt of her mobile number.
"Tosh! Oh thank God," Ianto exclaimed after a greeting from Tosh.
"Ianto, what's wrong?" Tosh asked, hearing how concerned her best friend was.
"Tosh, I can't get ahold of Jack or Gwen or Owen, and I'm worried. Jack called me almost two hours ago now and he hasn't contacted me back since. Has anything happened that you know of?" Ianto rambled off.
"Ianto, calm down, alright?" Tosh waited until she heard Ianto take a few deep breaths, while she shifted under the arms of her sleeping companion. After receiving confirmation that Ianto had calmed, she answered his questions. "Nothing has happened that I am aware of, Ianto. No need to worry about Owen, though, he's here with me."
Ianto could hear the shuffling of bed sheets and a groan that was clearly from the grumpy medic. Ianto blushed at the thought of his two friends finally getting together, but then a thought occurred to him. Isn't Tosh injured? And just this morning they were "still just friends and colleagues," so how did that escalate? Ianto felt very out of the loop.
"And it's also Wednesday night, Ianto. You know Jack and Gwen always stay late together on Wednesday nights," Tosh pointed out as if Ianto had completely forgotten that little fact.
But Ianto knew that wasn't true. Ever since Jack returned, he'd been staying with Ianto, either at Ianto's flat or at the Hub. Mostly due to the nightmares, but also because they just wanted to spend time together.
"What are you talking about, Tosh? They never stay together, not Wednesday nights, not ever," Ianto countered.
Tosh grew concerned for her best friend. She knew Ianto had the best memory of anyone she knew. How could he forget that tidbit of Jack's life? Ianto and Jack are soulmates and therefore Ianto knows everything about Jack and his life. But the affair between Jack and Gwen had been going on for months now. He may not know of the affair, but he knows they always stay late.
"You haven't hit your head at all recently, have you? You never forget anything," Tosh voiced her worries.
"No, Tosh, I haven't. But what you just told me isn't true."
"Are you sure? Owen's awake now, I can send him over to check you out?" Tosh offered.
Ianto couldn't fathom what was going on. Tosh was acting as though she forgot everything that happened the night before and this morning. "No, that's alright, Tosh. I'm probably just tired after my episode."
"Yea, probably," Tosh agreed, though still worried.
"Alright, I'll talk to you later, Tosh. Say hello to Owen for me," Ianto ended the call.
Their conversation did nothing to settle Ianto's nerves. Thirty more minutes had now passed since his call from Jack. He was about to try contacting Jack and Gwen again when there was a knock at his door.
Ianto hurriedly answered the door with a smile on his face, thinking Jack decided to surprise him instead. His smile fell when he saw someone he never thought he'd see again standing there.
"Alun?" Ianto asked.
The man smiled. "Actually, I'm going by Adam this time. May I come in, Ianto?"
Shaking himself from his shock, Ianto nodded and stepped aside to let Adam in, making sure to keep his distance from the alien.
"How are you here... Adam?" Ianto got down to business upon sitting down across from the alien in the living room.
"You know how I'm here, Ianto. You more want to know why I'm here, who I'm working for, and why I haven't acted out whatever orders I have in regards to you. All you have to do is ask," Adam countered smugly, though inwardly enjoying talking to Ianto again. It had been years since his "captivity", and back at Torchwood One they were great friends.
Ianto took a deep breath to calm his nerves. He was also inwardly happy at seeing and talking to Alun – Adam – again, but him being free is cause for concern. Not that he wasn't concerned enough already.
"So let me guess," Ianto started to deduce. "Knowing you're out now and Tosh not making any sense earlier, you had to have affected Tosh and Owen. That leaves either Jack or Gwen as your contract holders. Jack knows better than to go in my archives, so it's Gwen. Which makes a lot of sense now, but I need to know what all she has you doing," Ianto forcefully demanded.
Adam smiled brightly. "I knew there was a reason we were great friends, Ianto," he commented, receiving a smile from Ianto in return. "And you're right, Gwen does hold my contract. But first, can I ask what happened to One and why you're now working at Three? You know I can't read you."
Adam's final comment made Ianto think of the first time he met Adam.
Alun exited the elevator and continued towards the archives. Hartman had instructed him to bring Ianto Jones to the psi-testing lab for a retest. From what he overheard before he was given orders, Jones may have empathic abilities and know how to mask them when being tested. If that's true, he's strong and has had training prior to working here, Alun speculated. And if that's true, I'm going to have some fun trying to break this one.
Alun continued down the hallway until he reached the door labeled Archives. He knocked four times, as instructed, and waited. He would never understand why there was so much secrecy regarding the archives and why, unless you were part of Hartman's primary team or the archivists, you were not allowed to enter.
Mr. Rupert, head archivist, answered the door. "How may I help you, Alun?" He asked kindly, though suspicious as to why one of Hartman's secondary henchmen was bothering them.
"I'm here for Ianto Jones. He's to come with me for secondary psi-testing," Alun answered honestly. He could be forceful, but it wasn't his style unless absolutely necessary. Not to mention that from the surface reading Alun was conducting on Mr. Rupert, he knew the man was harmless and was only concerned about getting back to work. He wouldn't be difficult.
Mr. Rupert nodded, and raised his finger in a 'wait-one-moment' fashion. The door closed and he went to receive his junior archivist.
"Ianto, it seems you have been letting your empathic skills slip through. Hartman requests you for secondary psi-testing and has sent Alun down to retrieve you," Mr. Rupert informed the young man.
Ianto looked up from his work a bit worried. Shit! I thought I was hiding them perfectly! Ianto thought. Then he remembered that he's been letting his defenses down around Lisa more and more. Regardless, Ianto obliged and headed to meet Alun.
"Why hello," Alun greeted as Ianto exited the archives. He was already attempting to surface read the young Welshman, but was getting blocked with every attempt. Yes, he's definitely been trained, Alun confirmed.
"Hello, Alun. And you can stop trying to read me, it won't happen," Ianto honestly told the man. While Alun couldn't read him, Ianto certainly could read Alun. It was also how he knew, "You're an alien," Ianto stated matter-of-factly.
Alun stumbled in shock. So he's reading me, eh? He's more than just empathic, then. "Are you?" He asked honestly.
Ianto laughed. "No, I'm 100-percent Welsh-human."
"Then how were you able to figure out I'm an alien? Not even Hartman knows," he asked, curious and worried at the same time.
Ianto picked up on Alun's concern. He could tell this alien, though he was living off the memories of others, was trustworthy. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be risking his life working for Torchwood One of all places, the only branch all about catching aliens for their own purposes.
"Don't worry, Alun, I won't spill your secret," Ianto responded, and felt the alien's relief. "And to answer your real question, I am empathic and telepathic. The gene is on my mam's side of the family. It's actually part of what drove her mad. My mam-gu trained me. I thought I've been hiding my abilities well enough, but I suppose not. I know you're an alien because when I read you, like you're trying to read me, all I get are the memories of my friends and colleagues. You're in none of them, but it's as if they're yours, too. There's a file of similar alien encounters in the Archives."
Alun was impressed. Here is this simple Welshman, yet he is far more advanced than me. He saw Ianto smirk and knew he accidently broadcasted that thought. "So, what are you going to do about Hartman and her test?" He asked while they gathered in the elevator.
"Fail again. I'm pretty sure she only wants to retest me because of my relationship with Lisa," Ianto answered with exceedingly simple plan he concocted just moments before. "I know you've met Lisa, up in research. I have been using my empathic abilities with her lately, but only because I love her. Normally I just block everyone out, and never do I use my abilities with Lisa while at work. I suppose I slipped up once or twice." Ianto shrugged.
Alun was beginning to like this young man and sincerely hoped he was able to fail the tests again, to keep himself hidden and safe. He's seen what Hartman had the more gifted employees doing. "Just be careful, okay? You seem like a cool guy, someone I could actually become friends with. Don't want to lose you so soon," he told Ianto honestly.
Ianto knew Alun was sincere. "I agree," Ianto replied. They road the elevator the rest of the way in silence. When they reached their floor, Alun guided Ianto down the hall to the lab for his test.
Ianto shook himself from the memory to answer Adam's question. He tapped into his abilities to figure out what Adam knew already. "Well, I see you've learned about Canary Wharf and the battle. And that Mr. Rupert and the rest of the archive team are dead. I'm the only surviving archivist," Ianto stopped reading Adam with a hiss of pain, grabbing his forehead and rubbing to relieve the sharp ache.
"Sorry, I'm okay," Ianto finally spoke after a while, noticing Adam's concern. "I haven't used my abilities since that day. Maybe my empathy once and a while, determining what the team needs during a case and all, but… Canary Wharf was horrible. Everyone was shouting out at once, both verbally and mentally. I've always been good at tuning out people, but with all the death and destruction that day, my own walls were almost shattered. Anyway, during the battle, all I focused on was getting to Lisa; I had to save her. I found her in a conversion unit, just after the Doctor had sent the Cybermen and Daleks into the void. She was half-converted and I was determined to save her. I knew I couldn't get her to Scotland, and Four is still missing. So I stalked Jack, got a job, snuck her in, and got her help. Unfortunately, she wasn't Lisa anymore. She was a Cyberman, feeding off of Lisa's memories, using them to trick me into making her complete, thus starting a new race of Cybermen. The team found out and they killed her."
Ianto told his story with tears in his eyes. While Ianto was over Lisa and now completely and irrevocably in love with and devoted to Jack, the memory was still painful at times. More so when he could be honest about what happened to Lisa, rather than stating she died in a terrorist attack.
Adam waited until Ianto regained some composure before continuing his line of questioning. "Then why did you stay if the team killed her?" Adam was pretty positive he knew why, but wanted Ianto to confirm his suspicions.
"At first it was out of a sense of duty. Torchwood was all I had left once there was no hope of having Lisa back. Then it was also my personal punishment; working with and for those I could have harmed, living with the guilt of the two I did get killed. But during my suspension, Jack helped me to live again," Ianto confessed. He carefully opened himself up to read Adam again, putting all of his training to use this time. Ianto gasped, but not out of pain.
"What is it, Ianto?" Adam asked, concerned. He felt Ianto reading him, and hoped he wasn't in pain again. But he could see that Ianto was more in shock than in pain. What did he just learn that he didn't know before? Oh God, please tell me he knew about Jack?
"J..Ja…Jack… He's pregnant?!" Ianto stammered.
Fuck! "Yes, but shouldn't you already know that? It is yours, after all," Adam asked.
"No, I didn't bloody well know about it!" Ianto exclaimed and shot out of his seat and began pacing the living room again. "But… it's mine? How is that even possible? Yes, we don't use condoms, but he has the contraceptives in the rain and his meds from Owen. Plus I'm not from the 45th century or onward, when men's sperm was enhanced to improve the chances of conception," Ianto started hyperventilating again. "Do you know how? Could you read Jack and find out how this happened? Does Jack even know he's pregnant with our child?"
"Ianto, please calm down. Sit back down and breath and I'll tell you what I know. I'd show you, but you would need to start practicing again," Adam consoled. Truthfully, he wanted to hug the man calm, but knew he couldn't.
Ianto did as he was told. He got Adam's final thought about wanting to calm him with a hug but not being able to. He felt a bit guilty about why the alien couldn't do so, and conceded to the request.
"Alright, Ianto. I'll tell you everything that happened since I was summoned, okay?" Adam asked, and received Ianto's nod.
Alun felt his containment unit shake. He'd been asleep and living peacefully for over five years. There were a few moments of disturbance over that time, but he was never set free. But this time, he had a feeling he was going to be summoned.
Alun's thoughts went into overdrive. Is it Mr. Rupert or Ianto or one of the other archivists? Is that bitch Hartman finally gone and I can be free again? I miss Mr. Rupert and Ianto. They were great guys. They did save me, after all. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be alive.
Alun felt his containment unit being placed down again after five minutes of movement. Yes, his feelings were correct. He would be set free. All he had to do was wait.
So he did. He waited and he waited. And finally, the moment came. His box was being opened.
He started forming and gaining his senses, and immediately knew he was no longer at Torchwood One. He knew he was no longer in London. He gathered his bearings in time to spot a dark haired woman who spoke to him, "I invoke you to fulfill my desires."
Fuck! Alun immediately thought. He just wanted to be free again, like he was before Hartman found out he was an alien. But he knew he needed to start his new contract and fulfill the desires of the woman before him.
He immediately began surface reading the dark haired woman to discover a name. Gwen. Gwen Elizabeth Cooper. He continued reading her to learn where he was, when he discovered her employment with Torchwood Three. He headed down the employment road looking for fellow employees and found two names he recognized; Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones.
Shit! Alun cursed again. While he would be able to see Ianto again and begin fulfilling his life-debt contract with the man, he could tell from reading Gwen that his time here would be rather tricky. Gwen despised Ianto; more than despised him actually.
And Alun knew better than to get close to Captain Jack Harkness unless otherwise necessary. He knew Jack was from the 51st century and a former time agent. If he even tried to mess with the man, his training could kick in and expose him. But Gwen was infatuated with Jack; fancied herself in love with him. She thought she was the man's soulmate.
Alun finished his surface read and picked himself a name. He had some work to do. "My name is Adam," he stated. "I will fulfill your desires." Contract is open for construction.
"My name is Gwen. I know you alter memories and can plant false ones," Gwen stated. She was a little unsure of what to do next. She knew she had control of the man – alien – before her, but didn't want to get on his bad side in case he decided to break the contract and turn against her.
"This is correct. Whose memories will I be altering and/or who is receiving false memories?" Adam asked.
"My team," Gwen quickly replied. "First is Jack Harkness. He is my boss. I am in love with him, but he claims to love another. I want you to plant a false memory of his boy-toy, Ianto Jones, having died in some kind of accident about five months ago. I want him to then believe that we've been having our affair for the last six months. He is to believe it is our six month anniversary tonight."
Adam nodded that he could fulfill this desire, though dreading it. He dove deeper into Gwen's mind at this time, trying to find out why this change was so important. He relived the confrontation between Jack and Gwen over the immortal man's love for Ianto. Adam inwardly smiled as the distraught woman ran off, but could now feel the need to seek revenge wave off the woman in the memories and the woman before him. Adam shivered slightly.
"Next is Ianto Jones," Gwen continued listing her desires. "I want you to wipe his memories of the last five months. I want him to believe he left Torchwood after Jack left with the Doctor. Give him a new life, but a crappy one. Make him a whore, since he is one anyway."
Gwen's last comment was said with such venom that Adam had to restrain himself with all his might from hitting the vile woman. But he nodded anyway, letting her have her delusion, for now.
"Finally, Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper. I'll let you figure them out, but they must believe that Jack and I have been having an affair for the past six months. And not to question anything that might happen within the coming week," Gwen finished cryptically.
But Adam knew what Gwen was planning. He had her completely figured out now. Gwen was going to seduce Jack with alien pheromones, use an alien pregnancy device, which she clearly didn't read up about, and then announce her pregnancy to get rid of Rhys and have Jack for herself completely.
Wow, she really is dense, Adam thought as he nodded a final time. Gwen ushered him into the main area of the hub to deal with Jack before being sent off the handle Ianto, Toshiko, and Owen.
When they arrived in the main area of the Hub, Adam was greeted with a gun in his face. "Who the hell are you?" Jack demanded to know.
Adam rolled his eyes and placed his hand on Jack's shoulder. "I'm Adam, remember?" Adam felt a jolt of electricity roll through his hand and up his arm. What the…? He knew the implant stuck, but it was as if someone, someone other than Jack, was trying to repulse the memory.
"Oh, right, sorry. Of course I remember you, Adam," Jack responded while putting his webley away. "Long day."
"Don't you remember that it's your six month anniversary tonight?" Adam implanted the memory. He felt the jolt again, but chose to ignore it. He couldn't verbally implant the false memory of losing Ianto in an accident and needed to focus on that instead. But the pain got worse the more he pushed.
"Yes, that's right, it is! Thanks to reminding me, Adam," Jack stated as he shook from Adam's grip and headed for his office to get ready.
Adam couldn't believe what just happened. "So did you complete everything with him?" Gwen asked, shaking Adam out of his shock.
"Yes," he lied, "everything was planted successfully. I shall get going now."
He turned to leave when Gwen called out. "Do not come back until noon tomorrow!"
Adam nodded but continued walking. He decided he would deal with Tosh and Owen before seeing Ianto. He needed to figure out what he just learned, if it was truth, and then how to get out of this contract with Gwen, while helping Ianto.
I couldn't implant false memories in Jack because of another life inside him, Adam deduced. I know he's immortal and has part of the Time Vortex in him, but that hasn't stopped his memories being altered before. This is different. This is a whole other life form, and it's beyond intelligent. It had Ianto's DNA gene from his mam's side. Oh my God! Ianto got Jack pregnant!
Adam thought back to what little he could actually read from Jack. Now knowing it's a life with strong empathic and telepathic powers, mixed with 51st century DNA and the Time Vortex, he understood why he couldn't implant much or read much of anything. Jack, while having training from the Time Agency, wasn't that good at hiding himself and his thoughts. And then he found the memory he was searching for.
Owen was hurriedly driving Jack over to Tosh's so that he could apologize to Ianto and hopefully fix his huge mistake and slip of tongue just moments before. Jack was lost in his thoughts trying to determine how Ianto had knocked him up.
We may not use condoms, but we're always so careful, Jack thought. I have the contraceptives in the rain and when we haven't had rain in five days, I take one of Owen's pills. Plus he's not from the 45th century or onward, how is this possible?
Then it occurred to him. I've been gone for a whole bloody year in my time. And then I came back and had to deal with John and Cell 114. It couldn't have been that one time in my office. The timing isn't right. It had to have been when we made love after the date.
And now Jack understood. Without preventative measures, men with the ability to get pregnant may do so with a man prior to the 45th century if both were truly in love and were committed to each other.
Jack's realization momentarily made him the happiest man alive. It meant that he and Ianto were completely committed and in love with each other, even if they had yet to admit it to each other.
Adam smiled at what he learned. He quickly schooled his features as he arrived at Toshiko's flat. Adjusting both Tosh and Owen's memories were easy. Their feelings for each other were blatantly clear. Adam figured he could give them at least one night together before helping Ianto to fix Gwen's wrongdoings.
"And then I came right here," Adam finished off.
Ianto took a deep breath, taking all he just learned in. "So Jack and I literally made a baby out of love?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"Yes, Ianto, you did," Adam smiled at his friend's happiness.
But then Ianto's smile fell. "And Jack's fucking Gwen right now and unknowingly getting the bitch pregnant."
"Yes, but I can help you there. You saved me and I have a life-debt contract with you for as long as you live. Plus you're a good person and don't deserve your life ruined by that bitch," Adam offered.
"How can you help?" Ianto immediately took the bait.
"You need to retcon your team," Adam explained. "Wipe their memories of me and give them false-but-true memories. I have most of it worked out, thanks to your baby helping with some of the details."
"Start with Tosh and Owen," Ianto requested, wanting to get to work right away.
"They're simple enough. All I altered with them is Gwen's request to a six-month affair. Easily altered, and it ties into what I have for Jack and Gwen."
Ianto motioned for Adam to continue explaining.
So he did. "Gwen is using one of the advanced Silurian pregnancy devices. What do you know about it?"
"The one we have is from the future, when Silurians began walking the Earth again," Ianto answered. "I estimated the 40th century. It's advanced because it allows the user to become pregnant and have a child three months later. It was used to reconstruct the race. While the child will look human in this case, having Jack and Gwen's features, it will be pure Silurian. But why would she choose that? The Silurians can easily travel through time, and will, to retrieve any children made using their devices."
"Gwen's an idiot and didn't read on past 'three month pregnancy' in the manual. But that's why she needed the six month affair memory implanted; so no one would catch on. Anyway, you can easily shake Jack of the memories I implanted into him, but you're going to have to catch him and Gwen in the act. The shock of getting caught in flagrante delicto with no one other than Gwen Cooper will shake him. Plus, as I told you, he's pregnant, and your child wouldn't allow much damage done. Your child could sense what I needed to do and what I planned to do for you and allowed me to implant just enough to create a façade. Your child will also help Jack break retcon at a later date that is unknown, to me at least.
"With the shock, you'll be able to separate them enough to explain to Jack that you need him to retcon Gwen and then you'll explain everything to him afterwards. That is when I'll bring Tosh and Owen in and we can place them all in the boardroom, as if they all fell asleep while working on a case. The cover story you'll leave with all of them is this.
"While Jack and Gwen were in the Hub after their case tonight, an alien sex gas was somehow released. Make it an intruder 'cause from what I can tell from Tosh's systems, she hasn't accounted for gaseous intruders, or else I would have been picked up sooner being 25-percent gaseous. Therefore Jack and Gwen did have their little one-night affair. And when you wipe everyone's memories, including that bitch's fiancee, you'll rewrite that she had already announced her pregnancy and had been for six months."
Ianto thought over Adam's plan. It seemed legit. There were minor cracks, but not all of them could be filled. Despite being extremely good with cover stories, there are always cracks if looked at closely. But this one was logical and had the best potential.
"Jack's going to feel guilty as hell, though," Ianto finally spoke up after minutes of silence. "We've taken nothing but hit after hit since his return. Is a relationship with him even worth fighting for anymore?"
Adam considered Ianto's point-of-view, and answered honestly. "Yes, it is." That grabbed Ianto's full attention. "For one thing, you two are about to have a child, which will be here in a little over six months. Pregnancy in his time lasts seven months. But even if you weren't having a child, I don't need to surface read either of you to know how much you two love and adore each other. Plus, you wouldn't be having a child with him if it weren't true, or at least not one that was technically unplanned.
"And as I mentioned earlier, your child will help Jack break the retcon from tonight at a critical point in time. I don't know when, but at that time, he'll remember what really happened that night... well, except for me. Only you will continue to know me. I left a very faint trigger in Tosh and Owen's minds as well, that won't be affected by the retcon. Hopefully they'll break the same time Jack does. Anyway, you two are good for each other, and that's worth fighting for."
Ianto smiled. He knew Adam was right. He shouldn't let his insecurities takeover him again and focus on their child. No one else matters, especially not Gwen bloody Cooper, who will get a nasty surprise as it is in three months time.
"Well, I guess I'm off to catch them in the act," Ianto stood up and gathered his belongings to head for the Hub.
Extra Notes: Yes, I know. Hate me, it's cool. Jack and Gwen will have a moment together. But Gwen needs to be pregnant for her wedding, remember? I have twists for that in store, too, so just sit tight.
The empathic and telepathic abilities will not be used by Ianto during cases, or at least not until closer to the end of coverage for season 2. But they are necessary come CLCA: CoE and CLCA: Miracle Day. As I mentioned with Jack being pregnant, it may seem cliche, but it's purpose in my story is greatly different than seen in previous stories.
If it's wanted, I may write a one-shot based on Ianto saving Alun/Adam's life from Hartman at One. I know I didn't explain it much here, but I referenced it. Should I, shouldn't I? Up to you guys.