"Last I talked to her she didn't seem to be with the ministry. They just seemed to be scouts."

They could have been lying, but...

"Remember me gettin' the cuffs? One day they're gonna catch us. I'm sure of it. But I think it's better than us bein' figures in someone's dollhouse. We ain't the only ones in trouble, either."

If his past self, one from four months ago, had heard his priorities he would have been surprised. He'd have just been worried about getting his own out. "I saw this father an' his little girl out in the park. She knew somethin' was wrong, kept beggin' 'im to see. Cute li'l' thing. Really wanted to reach her daddy."