"And you lost me while I was ill?" It comes out a little more accusatory than the boy means to be. He's got the vague idea that his father ought to keep him better contained, since he's obviously a danger to others.

They get into a car and start driving towards a part of London that feels as if it ought to be more familiar than it is.

"I don't...have to go back to the hospital, do I?" He doesn't want to hurt anyone else.