Eliot sees questions in those eyes, and he gives a little smile and a nod to say he'll answer them if she wants, when the moment's right.

"A year isn't exactly promising. But maybe they just haven't had the right set of abilities yet." Still, a year is disheartening at best. The last time he'd been stuck in one place for years, he'd volunteered. He doesn't want to be stuck without consent. "There's a way in, stands to reason there must be a way out. Somehow."

He wrinkles his nose. "I have every reason to doubt anything they say, since I don't know any of them. But they seem sincere enough."