Neil looks, and then shakes his head, sort of smiling. He'll be twenty this year, but he knows he has a young face. He makes a desperate attempt to articulate himself, and it's not awful, but it takes him a lot longer to type than his short little bits and pieces.

I have a friend there. I didn't get assigned there when I arrived. No idea why. But I turned 18 just a little after I got here and I'll be 20 this year. Didn't even know there was a childrens home until I was in school last year.