He raised his hands as if to say 'don't shoot the messenger'. "I know, I know. Sucks, right? But it's true. Spent the better part of two weeks searching for s way out. Lots of people here are still doing it."

He wondered if some would ever submit, not that he had entirely, of course.

"It's not so bad here. There's a room for you, free food, a pool, pretty nice people..."