"You ask that like they actually thought it through." Mostly they wanted to be in control. All anyone expected him to want was to go home. "I can give you fifteen minutes." All of which time he'd be observed from afar. "I'd be right outside the gate."

It was a bad idea, really, and she didn't want to do it, but she knew the best way to get him to open up was to get him to bond more with her. Giving him something he wanted was a step in that direction