He still doesn't want to talk about the specifics, but really he can't avoid the fact that he was missing for a week. It's easier to deal with it in a vague term like how things changed or being late back from the draft. Having been gone for a week wouldn't go unnoticed, but he can speak of it in terms that seem more normal and make it seem more like he got kidnapped after it instead of killed the last day. It's just sad that being missing for a week really is a normal thing for this place.

"That dress can't be any worse than the fact us guys only get a pair of thin pants and that's it," he answered. Of course, who knows what Jale arrived to since the boy sure was quiet about how long he'd been here and all. But then he heard Marica's offer of food, and he sure wasn't going to complain. "I'd appreciate it."