Really? He left me with just enough for food. [It doesn't surprise him, that the investment to keep him in one place would exceed the investment to keep him comfortable. However, he's a man with a mission.

And he's polite enough not to remark on the book part.]

I still need to try. She was a friend. She died of the same thing that nearly killed me. [And maybe if he escaped working for the Taelons in one universe, perhaps she did too?] ...How much more if you can deliver? [And he's back on that.]