Perhaps, or perhaps it is rather more gift than law. Something that can be lost by scorn or neglect.

[He waits a little while after she finishes to see if he'd get a "yes" or "no", but seeing as one isn't on its way, he laughs instead.]

Hahaha, that's a negative way to put it. I greatly prefer my mind being confined, especially to my skull. Without that captivity--like if a gun blew it out--its liberty would do no good.

Well, try not to despise limits too much, Ms. Fayette. As a writer you may have heard of once said, art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. Good morning.