"Not sure about more understanding exactly, but they don't seem to care so much." Some even saved his life, though he thinks that was probably more about hating Koobus than caring about him.

"I, uh- kind of asked. There was this one guy, a smart guy. He said he could help, reverse all of this, but-" Wikus gives a heavy sigh, remembering the disaster that followed that day. "Anyway​, shit happened and he had to go before he could. Said he'd been back in three years."

He doesn't sound particularly confident about the last part.