"Have you tried to leave?" It's the first one on the tip of his tongue. Cecil's been here for quite some time, did it occur to him to try? Or had it been strange enough - familiar enough - that he fell into life here seamlessly? Exchange cacti for pine trees.

Maybe that's unfair. Carlos spent a long time in the desert otherworld because he was curious and wanted to understand. Why shouldn't Cecil explore this new world?

"What are people here like? Have they always been here?"