[ it's not that he doesn't agree. Stephen himself has come up against some fairly extreme situations and, given the availability of infinite time or an excess of effort, opposed and ended them.
but a roadblock is something you can drive around. what they're dealing with here is more like an often invisible drawbridge with missing parts in the working mechanism that nobody knows how to fix. he still has faith that they're going to get out of here, eventually, but not before given enough time and effort is stretched to its absolute limits.
it's not a pleasant avenue to walk down. neither will be what he asks instead, doubtless, but better far away things than the truths on their doorstep. ]
A setback from what?
[ a roadblock implies a journey to a destination. where was his life headed before this? ]
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but a roadblock is something you can drive around. what they're dealing with here is more like an often invisible drawbridge with missing parts in the working mechanism that nobody knows how to fix. he still has faith that they're going to get out of here, eventually, but not before given enough time and effort is stretched to its absolute limits.
it's not a pleasant avenue to walk down. neither will be what he asks instead, doubtless, but better far away things than the truths on their doorstep. ]
A setback from what?
[ a roadblock implies a journey to a destination. where was his life headed before this? ]