And indeed, he was right to say it to Furiosa and not to any of the Wives first; her response honors him in a way he's not sure they would understand easily. If they brought him back here, they don't want him to die. He's sure Capable doesn't want him to die. Only Furiosa would know to help him find a good death. He softens, truly touched by it, something swelling almost painfully in his chest.

"I thought this was the green place," he says, but with a small, crooked smile. "Green on top." He doesn't know if it's true -- the only parts of the Citadel he's ever seen are anything but green -- but he remembers why this had to be the place.