I just can't image Des not wanting off the island, though? Maybe that Ring Lady spooked him with the pushing the button was the only noble thing you will ever do speech. Charlie maybe wants to stay to escape his past - that crazy rock-n-roll life and all it entails.

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”