[ once the wound is closed kei cleans it again, finally wiping it down with a cloth and wrapping the whole thing with clean gauze. he doesn't ask questions, doesn't judge, just does what he has to do. he does every so often glance up at his face to make sure he's hanging in there okay, settling back and letting go of the young man's arm when he's done. ]

The short answer is you can't. [ a beat. ] The longer answer is no one knows how to get anyone back to where they came from. You remember dying before you got here? So does everyone else that came here after everything went wrong.

[ he sighs, wiping his bloodied hands and shaking his head. ] We can't leave this community for the most part, much less get people back where they belong. Where were you before?