He doesn't want to talk about this. He starts to change the subject, to deflect, to put it off until they aren't here in group therapy.

"Most of my foster homes sent me back. I'd get in trouble and sometimes it was because I'd get caught doing something, but sometimes it was just the kids already there being jealous, making things up to blame on me." When a foster kid, even a well-behaved one, is pitted against a 'real' child, the foster kid always loses. Every time.

"I don't know how to explain it so you'll understand. But I don't want my family to be a matter of paper. You and I earned the right to call each other family." He doesn't want to be sent back when he fails at whatever criteria make him a good Submissive.