I've told a few people when we were discussing where we've been. Brown said the castle where she was located required a certain number of people remaining in particular groups to activate the returning home condition.

["i'm the kid who tells the other kids on the playground ring-around-the-rosy is about the black plague"]

There isn't any point in whining and crying over our previous situation in comparison to other's. From here on out, we'll vet people as we go. Focus. What else have you learned? About this place, specifically.

Who has talked to our "hosts"? What did they tell you?