"Mostly professional; partly a restless spirit. I moved between cities to learn the techniques I wanted to from the people who had the skills. Bit of a long commute. And the last one..." He bites into a bit of cucumber from his tiny portion of side-salad, thoughtfully. "The last one I broke up with my girlfriend and decided to get as far away from the drama as possible."

Whenever possible, Asbjørn doesn't lie. Lying means someone can find out what you're trying to keep hidden, have something to hold against you, and he's already got a huge thing to keep. No, the trick for him is to tell as much as he's comfortable with, blind-siding people with information.

"If it's, uh, all the same to you, I'd rather not talk about it," he says, looking a little miserable and little harder around the eyes at the same time. That part, however, is completely sincere.