[ Here they are indeed. The why of it all was still a mystery, and there's not enough to go on to piece it together yet. This could be a trial run, or just a one-off-- it had gotten all of them into this situation, though, and whatever reasoning was behind it had taken a back seat to simple survival when the torture started. ]

Right now? Not the worst thing I could be dealing with, I'll give you that.
[ As much as he hates to admit it, there's one upside: he doesn't have to see what happened to everybody else. Cold comfort at best. ]

...anything new in here? Figure they were too busy screwing with us to go remodeling anything, but you never know. Or-- hell, what's been happening? There's...too much going on for me to sort it out.
[ Asking for help stings, but it was offered first-- that makes it fine, probably. ]