"Huh?" And then Murphy shook his head, grinning just a little. Cultural weirdness was bound to happen. It had happened in jail, too.

"Oh, no it's...it's a quote," he explained. "From this...poem book thing I had to read in school. It's about this guy who gets a tour of heaven and hell, basically. In the book there's a sign on the gates to hell, and it says 'Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here'. I was just calling this place hell."

In a really round about way.

"I'm Murphy. Good to know you." When no had was extended, Murphy didn't extend one of his own.