[Okay... he was expecting at least a raised eyebrow at the whole 'mutant' thing, but he wasn't in the mood to question it.]

Yeah, for the most part. Hamato Yoshi, who changed his name to Splinter, tried to give us as much of a normal life as possible, but we were stuck in the sewers until he finally let us start going out when we were fifteen, and even then we're limited to nighttime only unless it's an emergency. Still, it was an okay childhood, there were some problems but nothing too bad. When I got older I got into things like engineering and other science-related fields, so I was able to get us television and internet later on.

Sensei finally let us leave on out fifteenth birthday. it was... rocky at a few points, but we got through it. We made friends with a girl named April and she helped us like getting us food and everything, so things were for the most part good. [Sighs] And then I got sent here almost eight months ago now...