"For now I can make him welcome here, if he takes that, but he can't go back to that world. I'm not crazy about the idea of Stacia's or Tenten's or most of the rest of theirs, but it seems like they have SOME support systems set up." Stacia and Kennedy have packs, purposes, Tenten has an exploitative job that could get her killed but . . . triage here. "Did you get any more facts put of talking to him? I haven't bothered to try."

Dan seems better at talking to people in general than he is.