It is difficult, sometimes. I have a number of letters addressed to Ardashir that I will never send, sitting at the bottom of my drawers. I write them when I linger too long on such things.

[takes a sip of his tea]

But the longer I've been here, the more I've come to realize... this is one of the only places I've come to know as "home". Despite everything, there is a space I can call my own, that cannot be threatened or taken away from me... that is something I do not take for granted.