[One doesn't have to have Ellie's experience in dodging painful subjects to see that sidestep. She nods, easily accepting his answer.]

Not sure anyone wants to stay in Boston.

[The same answer is good enough for her -- but answering honestly isn't going to hurt much of anything here.]

No. Stayed in the good ol' US of A. Kinda zigzagged around the country, though. There wasn't much left to see.

Would you go back if you had the chance?

[That's the real question, here. For some people this place will be a prison, for others a paradise.]