You certainly weren't kidding when you said it was complicated. Did your friend make it out alright? [A neutral response. Arthur didn't want to make any judgments about her story without more information, and without her file, he only had Alice's word. Not that she seemed untrustworthy, but Arthur wasn't quick to take a lot of people's words at face value. Even the trustworthy had their own embellishments, biases, omissions.]

Your warden's... Claire, right? How's she working out? [Arthur was more than a little dubious about the girl, since she seemed so easily swayed-- well, as teenagers were. So this was one-part small talk and one-part info gathering.]