Yeah, I've left and come back twice before. This is my third time here, and the longest I've stayed. [He scratches one ear thoughtfully as he contemplates how to answer her other comments.]

If someone knew how it worked, I'm sure everything in this world would be different. No one would be forced to stay here and be put in danger... [It takes him a moment to silently amend to himself that the dead would, of course, be forced to remain.]