He breathes out, letting that statement settle on his shoulders, in his chest. Letting it warm where and what it will.

When the light turns, he waits for Jesus to straighten back up before he steps out.

"There was this woman in Los Angeles that told me, once, that people move on to their next lives when they've learned all they need to learn in this one," he says, slowly.

"She believed it was selfish to want to keep them here with us, when what they really needed was their next step."