So it's like that, then. [He figured. There's no way Art would be here, still, if there was a way to go back home. Shit, this sucks, he thinks, but instead of expressing this thought, he just sighs -- see, he can forgo the cheer when the situation is dire enough. Or when he's pissed off enough, really...]
A forced vacation, huh... Anything else I should know? [Like why you're not trying to attack him some kind of explanation for that would be nice.]