[Oh, that's an easy question to answer.]

Complete betrayal of all that I knew at that time! How would you feel if someone you considered your closest friend turned around and left everything that you had worked on together?

[Not to mention complete invalidation of purpose and relationship... but he's not about to share that with a complete stranger!

Dist walks up to the elevator and gives it a once-over.]

And this - is this taking us to this laboratory?