Well. Whether they want us here or not, as far as our everyday problems are concerned they're in control. I'm not going to care about some unknowable force that only exists when I stay or when I go.

[she says that, but then she has a terrible turn, inside her head - and keeps it to herself. that's not the sort of thing she wants anyone else thinking about at all ... not anyone with one of those marks on their hands, ha ha.]

[there's just a bit of a pause before she files that away for later.]

Going straight forward keeps leading us to dead ends. Let's take the turn. East.