[ He doesn't seem terribly troubled to talk about it. Really, it's all sort of matter-of-fact.]

Well, the person who kidnapped me was Queen Salmissra, and she gave me a number of poisons that were designed to make everything muzzy and to kill me if I didn't keep taking them.

[ Shrug. ]

Nyissans.

[ Kind of like someone would say 'sigh: lawyers' or something. Clearly it means something.]