[Alfie exhales, leaning back and folding his hands over his stomach.]
We've talked about it extensively, as you might imagine. Yeah. I've got a home there, a family there - a life, and all. But-- well, I've got a life here too now, haven't I? And there are other complications, besides.
[A pause.]
I was very ill, when I came here. Something from before Norfinbury. It's been cured - Royce wished it away, as a matter of fact - but it's the sort of illness that tends to come back.
[He doesn't say cancer, specifically; he has no idea if the disease would mean anything to K.]
cw: cancer
We've talked about it extensively, as you might imagine. Yeah. I've got a home there, a family there - a life, and all. But-- well, I've got a life here too now, haven't I? And there are other complications, besides.
[A pause.]
I was very ill, when I came here. Something from before Norfinbury. It's been cured - Royce wished it away, as a matter of fact - but it's the sort of illness that tends to come back.
[He doesn't say cancer, specifically; he has no idea if the disease would mean anything to K.]