"Just a day or so," Kyle said. He was working on the basis that he couldn't leave and this was his new home. He was clearly settling in, and he was fine with the idea that he would be prevented from leaving. Now that he had really thought about it, he had realised that that meant that he - what a shame - wouldn't be able to go back to the reality of the mess he had made of his life. "I'm Kyle, from New York," he added. "I take it you haven't been here long?" he asked, assuming that much.