[It's as good a theory as any, Louis likes to think. Besides, it's nice to believe this is just localised awfulness and not just... forever awfulness- for Thom's sake if nothing else.]

Aye aye. Gonna try to avoid ... that. Don't really feel like disintegrating today.

[Which is a lot trickier when they're chained together but he can work with it.]

Right! Heroic escape? Heroic escape.