There's not a lot to pick up on Joshua's world or background just by looking at him. No one would guess the horrors that drove him from his friends back in his own world. Even fewer would guess he did it to himself in more than one way. The Nexus may not be comfortable for Josh these days but it's better than starving and or freezing to death alone in a mine where no one knows you're alive.

"Nothin' so great about the future, bro. We make things shittier, not to last. Some of the tech is sweet but you'll get used to that quicker than most. You're young still, we pick stuff up pretty quick."

Green eyes light up with interest though at the mention that Cricket makes moonshine. He is very interested in lots and lots of alcohol. Very much. "I work at the Crossroads. Until recently I was living with Ice Bear, one of the two cooks at the joint so it made a lot of sense to just work there for them."