"I don't know, man. I think trying to save the world is a lot more stressful to deal with. I'm just... the product of a lot of bum deals."

Rich shrugs his shoulder and then continues on.

"Speaking of bum deal, I guess all of that mess led to me making a plan. I stole some of my dad's booze money and went to this place some guy at school had been talking about... where they were selling SQUIPs. If I took one and let it implant in my brain, then it'd be able to give me all the guidance I needed to survive high school." He can't look Trunks in the eye, ashamed of his old self's decisions. "I thought anything was better than being invisible for the rest of my life, so I took it.

"When it activated, it took the form of my mom, and it got to work."