"For longer than a year," he corrects, because there remain a handful of people who were dragged here at an earlier date than him. "But yes, as you say."

Henry sets a hand on his hip and shifts his weight from one foot to the other.

"Let that not discourage you, however. Perhaps you shall discover what we have not managed to."

His words are sincere: the odds are that this woman is likely to fail, but that does not mean that she shouldn't try. He, for one, is still unwilling to resign himself to this fate.