Ah... well, the way this place works, you can leave if'n you chose to. We ain't stuck here. If that's a comfort to you at all.

（ but he gets it. that ain't in the fine print, an' any place you ain't used to can feel like a prison in time. ）

I'd say it is. （ one corner'a his mouth tugs down at one corner, an' he draws in a faint breath, scrubs his hand against the tip of his nose. ） Got a fella what needs my help.

（ it's hard to imagine a time when he wouldn't'a done anythin' for reggie. this? this ain't half so hard as all the rest. givin' him a second chance to get outta that basement in france alive is somethin' he'd die for, let alone live a time away from agathine. ）