It was back home. [ so, again, trying not to worry her about it.

He isn't sure how to explain because it's such a long complicated mess. Of course at least he knows he can't tell her it was his own father doing that but- ] Back home, ghouls aren't allowed to exist. So after I was captured by the government, they decided instead of killing me, to turn me into... well, a weapon of sorts; I killed ghouls for them.

[ it's a lot more complicated than that and it involves amnesia, but he doesn't think it's fair to drop all of that on Enid ] I eventually decided to break free from them and they weren't happy about that decision.