"{It's okay, I understand. After all, you're actually doing something valuable to help out around here.}" Which was more than some did. Vasily started to cut into his meat. "{I've been well. I earned a trip to the zoo last month.}" It almost sounded juvenile to say aloud. "{To learn new forms. American animal forms.}" He clarified. "{At home I only had access to animals there, and the zoo wasn't the best. So, seeing American wolves and bears and some exotic for fun- like the gorilla...}" The Russian smiled like a kid on Christmas. "{It has been a lot of fun to play around in the new shapes.}"
Vasily put some steak on his fork and raised it to his mouth as he quickly added, "{I also got to see my wife and kids.}" He then put the steak in his mouth.
Elena was one of the few people outside of the Handlers who knew about his family. When they were stuck in lock up, he'd told her why he'd tried to escape and all about his wife and son. He wasn't sure if she remembered their conversations and about his Annia and Daniil- of course she wouldn't know about Nika as he just found out about her himself.