He can't help but feel a little impressed by how quickly Bellara has made the connection that he'd been preparing to dance his way towards. She's answered her own question neatly, but it's led her to ask a question he can't answer.

He settles for answering the one that he can.

"'Us' is people like you and me, who've found our way here from our own places and times," he says, trying to remember how Daniel had explained it to him, the very first time they'd met. "We're not all from the same places, but somehow, we've all ended up here. For some of us, that's been a tremendous improvement to our lives." There's a brief, sheepish look of his own as he worries he gives too much of himself away, before he adds, "but there are others of us who spend the entire time they're here looking for a way out. And so far, there doesn't seem to be one." He can at least be genuinely sympathetic towards those who want to leave and can't. Darrow has been, more than likely, a lifesaver for Tom, but that doesn't mean everyone loves it.