He shifted mildly uncomfortable in his seat as he thought how to respond to this. It was a very involved topic, some of which was even hard for him to still process. The smile had faded away, and his jovial appear mood shifted to be something more serious.
"Thats, well," he seemed to struggle to find the right way to start, he didn't want Sam to be let in to most of what happened either, last time he did, it ended with him having lost Sam. Being a friend was better than nothing and didn't want to chase either of them away.
"The short of it, I lost my parents when I was 16 years old. In foster care there was a little girl with mental disabilities I ended up meeting that the foster parents tasked me with helping take care of her, on top of other chores. Her and I ended up growing close, and when she felt like she could trust me enough, she hid me in her room. I had learned there that the foster dad was abusing her in a very," he looked away from them, "I don't really feel comfortable saying exactly what, it was despicable. Anyway when I found that out I basically went on the attack and had become the ire of his abuse for that night instead." He looked back towards him as he continued speaking, "after he went to bed, I took Emma and I ran. I really had no plans or any idea where I was going, but stopped at a gas station where the attendant noticed out injuries, and called the police. We ended up getting removed from the home, pending finding another place to foster us since Emma didn't want to leave my side anymore they wanted to find someone who would be able to take both of us. The story of what happened made the news, I was interviewed by a few news stations." He felt it was important explaining this before introducing Hofflan.
"The story caught the attention of a nearly 800 year old vampire, who decided that at least I would be an easy addition for an organization in which he worked. It was a heavily anti-supernatural organization that liked fighting fire with fire. They would take humans and alter their DNA with supernatural DNA in order to use them for their own purposes. I was allowed to choose what I wanted to be augmented with, but not many where that lucky. Back then I didn't think it meant I was actually getting augmented with actual supernatural DNA, I just thought it was science lab grown DNA that made changes similar to what the myths and legends say about those creatures. As a 16 year old I didn't know any better, and he manipulated me into it all using Emma, my education, and the fact that I didn't want to be blind anymore. He only focused on my eyes the initial time, but I had been augmented more than once over the years." It was clearly not an easy thing for him to talk about at all. His body language, seemed closed off, he seemed uncomfortable talking about it all.
"That organization no longer exists. Charon and his group ended up finding me by chance, decided that such a place should no longer exist, and with my help, it no longer does." He wasn't aware that Remi probably didn't know of the District Leaders or anything. He ended up leaving it at that, figuring if Remi had questions that he would be asked them.