"I'm sorry," Steven said, with sympathy. "It's - I mean not wonderful but perhaps a comfort to know there are others on the island for whom it is that complicated? Particularly when in their case going home isn't an option?"

Darn those portals that seemed to know exactly when to not work.

"But if there's anything we can do to help, here or home," Steven said, "please don't hesitate to let us know. The three of us, that is. We'd be more than happy to."

Well maybe not happy for Marc but that was because Marc was rarely happy about anything, nothing to do with Cal.