[He's quiet for a stretch too, thinks about waking up after breaking the dam, borne indomitably northward on the reversed colorado river.]

Okay.

People are going to tell you that you're a prisoner. An inmate. Your powers are restricted, and you'll only be able to leave the barge under supervision, but you won't be locked up in your room or anything unless you hurt somebody on purpose. The idea is that when you - when you fix the things you need to fix, to be better, have a better life, then you can have your life back, or go anywhere else.

But if you just want to. Stay, and rest, and not have to worry so much for a while. That's okay too.

[That's what he was doing at the Hesperia Plant, after all. Until he couldn't, anymore.]