"This isn't like that. No. No one decided to use my life for money or fiction. Well, they did, but they didn't. Don't think they even knew I really existed. Then again, maybe I didn't. Not until now." Fred gave a weary smile. It was hard to explain, and harder to say to someone who had been in a different situation. One that sounded like what she was trying to explain and failing a little.
"I was born before 1983." She gave him a slight smile. It was just the way it was. " I'm slightly older than I look. Wonder if I have stopped aging since I came here." She sighed softly and started tapping again.
"It was a tv show. Named after my boss - the show, not me." Her nose wrinkled. "I became collateral damage for drama."