[Most of them don't give up, but fighting hard against this place is much like trying to kick your way out of a steel box. You end up exhausted, and the box suffers very little for your efforts.]

Unfortunately.

[He offers a faint smile. It's bad news, but better to come to that conclusion sooner rather than later.]

But don't make the mistake of thinking we have all become complacent simply because we are resigned to that fact.