Oddly enough, that elememt of their capture has always upset Jude the least: it's been a relief for the past few weeks, to see something ludicrous or unnerving, and find out he isn't the only one. It's a relief to know if he saw something, if he said it--this place could take the blame over his own mind.

Which doesn't leave him with any universally comforting advice, comfort as it's been to him. "How did we know anything before we got here," he asks. "I had trouble remembering things before this place. If anything, it's gotten better instead of worse, being here."

He's quiet a moment after, gathering more of his thoughts. "This place...it's not good, but I think too--the things that happen, they can happen anywhere. Earthquakes, losing people, forgetting. You have to deal with it the same way you would at home."