[ Of course, he knows before saying that a solution would have been found by now if one existed. There are people who have been Numbered for a lot longer than Keith has, and he doesn't doubt they'd be onto something like that by now. The fact that there's no solution in sight worries him. What if something like that happens to him...?
Part of him doesn't remember what a normal life is like. ]
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[ Of course, he knows before saying that a solution would have been found by now if one existed. There are people who have been Numbered for a lot longer than Keith has, and he doesn't doubt they'd be onto something like that by now. The fact that there's no solution in sight worries him. What if something like that happens to him...?
Part of him doesn't remember what a normal life is like. ]
But it returns upon re-entering the city?