"...But if you made connections here, then surely..."

He stops himself. No. That isn't fair. He doesn't understand enough about Ken's circumstances back home. It's not his place to judge.

"I wonder. If your home is so miserable, is there not some agreement you could make with Igor? You could ask him to send you back home with one of us. Someone you care about, to somewhere that's a blank slate."

It's a tall ask, he knows, but surely... Isn't it worth trying?