"Oh--yeah," he lifts a hand up himself, just to signal he gets it. Got it, got it! But moving on to hopefully not be...too confusing now. More than everything already is.

"So as crazy as it sounds, that train over there?" He points back in quick indication. "It stops at a platform every half a month, and there's new people waiting to get on. No one chooses to," he's sure to clarify, "and there's no choosing to get off either. I know that sounds bad, and it is...but one thing I can tell you is that everyone on board? We've all gone through this. And we eventually end up leaving too."