[ Who are you calling sentimental crap - yeah, okay, that was a little sentimental, wasn't it. But it was also complete fact. His life quantifiably sucks a lot less now than it did before. ]

I have indeed heard that people here occasionally return to their own worlds. I've also spoken to people who have been here for years without ever seeing hide or hair of the world they came from. Surely it's possible that while some of us are granted only a brief stay, others have found themselves here permanently. Wouldn't you say?