[He's learned a lot since then. He doesn't know everything that happened, or will happen, rather, but he knows quite a bit.

....He doesn't know he's going to kill her, but it wouldn't exactly surprise him to hear.]

It would be greatly appreciated. There are some here who have remained for years. I would be content to be one of them. [That is to say, he doesn't have much interest in going home and losing his mind and doing all that stuff.]