"I can only imagine," Neal said. "It was strange enough to arrive here without knowing anyone, to have that all taken away..." He shook his head. "You've got it much more together than I would, I'll give you that. Or, you're just very, very talented at making it look like you're keeping pretty cool about it." Neal knew he'd be able to fake it, he could fake just about anything, but the inner turmoil would be a lot to take.

"Well, I am excellent at just talking, if you need distractions or... you know, time to not think about the weird things this place does."