[A nod.]

Maybe not as extreme, but it's not a good idea to test the limits of the rules.

[He couldn't believe he was saying that, but it was a hard won maturity.

He frowns, studying him, trying to deduce if he'd come here out of his own free will, or had he been tricked? The state of his clothes made him think that there might be something he was running away from.]

So, did they get you too, or you signed up voluntarily?