Jorgmund might be telling the truth about letting you go when the pipeline ring is complete but who the fuck knows how long that'll even take. They're trying to circle as much of the Waste as they can, every town that's still standing and...unchanged.

Could be years. Maybe not decades, with how little civilization is left, but "years" is in the cards.

[His brows furrow even more.]

And all that time you'll have to survive whatever the fuck they throw you at.

Which isn't easy out there, trust me. You might live, but getting through all alive and unchanged...

[He adds brightly:]

Or they could be lying about everything and plan to do terrible things to you when it's over in the name of societal progress. ET in the ice cream cooler, to see if something about you can be used.

They do love their double-speak - and bald-faced lies.

[He's not going to sugar coat it. They deserve better than that.]