That's a farther-fetched thing to hope for, I'm afraid. Ten months, and with each one at least one new horror. For that...I think it's best to hope we put a stop to them, rather than the town deciding to be kind for a change.

[With the machines in their bodies, their veins, their brains degrading...it's not likely to get better on its own. He has no idea how to possibly do anything about that, though, and Winter had no suggestions when he asked.]