"He imagines that there are people chasing him to lock him up. He thinks everyone is out to get him, but he's not at all dangerous." He turned to his captive again. "Sammy get rid of that ridiculous thing."

Sammy handed me the balloon. I held on to it awkwardly and shook hands one more time with Sammy.

"Can't you just let him out once and while?"

"We take very good care of our residents," the doctor said, "We take them on suitable excursions, but we can't just ...