Neal sighs. "Yes, I jumped. It was early on after I got here. When I realized I was imprisoned somewhere else, with no clear marks to hit for release, by someone who could and would keep me alive here forever until I either figured out what he wanted from me or vanished into nothingness. ...That's how I viewed it at the time. I figured it was better to become part of some other universe and at least have a life, even if it wasn't mine, than be... trapped again."