Those other walls...when they go up, they don't need windows...

[It's an almost absentminded thought, for he's quickly distracted by what she's saying. He just looks uncomfortable for a moment. He'd been trying so hard not to think of home. He'd distracted himself with fighting his way out of Mayfield, with looking for a house...he's slowly shaking his head now, because he does not know how to answer that question.]

I always tried not to form attachments back home. To avoid that sort of thing. So I wouldn't wonder when I left. It...didn't work.

[And a thought occurs to him.]

...if you were to go back now, would you be wondering what happened here?