"A sleeper agent? What, like the Bourne Identity?" Tony pokes his shoulder teasingly and smiles a little. "Or Firefly? You see a subliminal message in a commercial and turn into an unstoppable punching machine? We have really weird lives, but that's pretty out there, even for us."

He picks up one of the fruits from the tray and holds it out to Gene. "They're not here. They don't control you anymore. You can be the person you want to be, if you work at it. I know because of how much I've seen you change already."