"Sadly, that is not something I can offer you at this point," she admitted. "I wish I could go home too. I miss many people there. But when we are called to this place, we are unfortunately mostly bound to it."

And his luck was that they had a village. Even if the 'taking a village' won't be that hard. They are a village.

"There may be someone here who you could reside with who would happily welcome your company. If you are tolerant of dogs and not likely to mess with threads or strings, I could even offer some of my space.