[ she nods -- eyeing the stacks and shelves around them. ]

Getting 'something to do' is half the battle of this place, I think. Some days. [ anything to keep from going mad. ] Who knows. Perhaps we should be prepared for the one infinitesimal chance that things change. That an opportunity arises.

[ that someone, somehow, gets them out of here with memories intact. now -- wouldn't that be a coup. ]