Born and raised to help overthrow the govenrment, Eddie is a genius in his prime. He helped create a pill that would essentially wipe a persons memory, proving to be an effective drug against the governments hounds.
If he ended up, later on, having to take one himself? Well that was no ones buisness but his own.
Now in the safety of the outlands, he's guarded by a protective farmer and a pack of... Sheep?