Only four days? That wasn't that long at all. Murphy would have guessed ' a few months' at the lowest and a 'few years' at the highest.

"It gets easier," he offered, a squiggly line now extending from the base of the triangle. "Being locked up, I mean. You start to get used to it. Get used to the schedule. That's the biggest thing, I think. You get so damn used to doing this thing at this time and then it's all you know."

He wondered if there were any work details or groups or anything like that here. He'd found that keeping his mind and hands busy in the clink were a life-saver. Workshop had at least made the time go faster, and even let him forget a little bit.

"And hey, it's three meals a day and a bed."