[@Nikki Moonlight]

[color=8882be]"It might be nice to have those kind of thoughts,"[/color] he began, [color=8882be]"But it isn't possible. We both know that. We don't know our way around well enough to leave, heck, where even is the exit to this place? And when those thoughts can't become real, they linger there, and poison your mind with false hopes. It just can't happen. We've got to accept our situation."[/color]

Those weren't the words he wanted to say. He wanted to give hope to the others, Aya especially, but just found that he couldn't. Hope couldn't exist sustainably in a place like this.