[ ..... well that shut him up for a good second while he processed that.]

Wait.

[He brings a hand to his face, pondering. He then lowers it.]

So you're tellin' me that if you leave, you die.

Okay, so -

How come you're standin' here then? [Wait he didn't really seem to include himself in the group when he mentioned the place he grew up ...]

Unless you were an exception?

[Just. Wat.]