[He blinks at the sudden transformation, then focuses on Goro's words. His wince and glance away at the words 'illegitimate child' should be an obvious enough clue that the same holds true for him. Granted, Serbian society tended to treat illegitimacy as the cause of mental illness and Julian does have struggles with depression and feeling real, but he was tolerated. Unwanted, not allowed in some places, unloved and unloveable at home, yet ultimately, did it matter? He got out. He was adopted by people who genuinely loved him. He shouldn't feel any pain over the past, right?]

I was, too. My birth mother and her husband weren't the greatest to me. Eventually I got adopted because otherwise they would have had to face criminal negligence charges. They were really relieved to get rid of me... I guess I made them miserable, but I didn't mean to, I swear. [Guess who still thinks he somehow deserved what happened to him?] My adopted parents care about me. They just prefer the more human me. Everyone does.