We all contributed to the binder, with everything we've experienced and found out ourselves. It's like our own wee Wikipedia project. [Although she probably doesn't know what that is.] I'd be the last person to tell you not to hope, or strive for something better than this. [Steven is one of the most buoyant and optimistic and hopelessly naive person on the ship, for better or worse. This holds especially true for the tiny cohort that is his age group.]

I'd just hate to see you get hurt attempting something that someone else got hurt doing before, that's all. We aren't here because we haven't tried various ways of escaping. You don't have to believe everything you've read! I think that's a good attitude to have. But if someone's died and documented their experience, you don't always have to fling yourself off the boat to verify it for yourself. I mean plenty of us believe the Earth is round... but apart from yourself and a couple others maybe, we haven't gone up there to check for ourselves.