"Because it was," Isaiah agreed. "We didn't get to give consent, and so now we just don't become intimate with anyone. Because what if it happens again? My trust that strangers would behave like decent people was thoroughly shattered for those first few years afterward. And it's such slow going, putting it back together. So I haven't really gotten to that point of thinking about sex yet. I only left Louisiana about four years ago, and it's not something you just get past. I'm more OK with people now, and groups that include people I don't know. But if that's an idea you're entertaining, man, you know I'll always be here for you to talk to."