"I was killed," David answered. "We don't stay dead anymore. And I set myself on a dangerous path, knowing I might die. I don't remember it, but I know I worked to lay bread crumbs to solve my own murder."

And he'd only learned it days ago back home.

"If I go back, I won't be able to help myself. I'd follow my murderer's trial. I... I don't know how to process it except by not."