"If you wanted," she said. "Jack's been hiding me here for months, since I arrived in the City."

But, of course, there were plenty more options.

Where is this urgency coming from? She couldn't help but ask herself. Of course, she already knew the answer. If you can save him, then maybe you still have a purpose in life. And there's still hope. However small. There's hope.

And, of course, anyone who was even remotely friendly with Eliot was a friend...