While going through Faraday's abandoned research equipment at Oxford University, Desmond was surprised by a janitorial custodian, who asked if Desmond was a professor. Desmond admitted that he was not, but the custodian did not seem too bothered by this. He told Desmond not to touch the maze that Faraday used for his experiments, and when Desmond asked why, he talked about how he was the one who had to take all the dead rats to the incinerator, so nobody would find out what Daniel was doing. The custodian also said that Desmond wasn't the first to "poke around", asking questions about Faraday and his work. The custodian said that he had heard a rumor that Faraday "was trying to send rats' brains back in time", then laughed and said, "Ridiculous, innit?" He then cut a deal with Desmond, say