[ mm, he was having trouble in his neighborhood and his life got flip-turned upside down, understandable of course. happens to the best of us. Abel is quite curious the circumstances around this particularly vague wording, but... well. he’d just met the man and it seemed a little early to start prying. give it another fifteen minutes or so, at least! ]

Ah, moderately whelmed, of course, of course! That makes perfect sense. [ he nods in a most sagely manner of understanding. ] I can get that, and you’re not wrong at all. Aside from our kindly benefactors who so generously decided to treat us to this impromptu vacation from our homes, everyone seems to be in the same boat. They aren’t particularly forthcoming about why we’re here, but... well! I guess you could say there are plenty of very especially stubborn people working to figure it all out. Have you heard any of the details, yet? I don’t want to bore you by repeating anything...