the Swedish visitor has packed and departed.

his plan is to ask for shelter from welfare, but didn't seem sure if he'd succeed. he was worried that because he turned it down earlier, they'd refuse to offer it now.

those case processors have all the power in situations like that. what if one of them is in a bad mood that day? what is a person that has nothing supposed to do?

when welfare doesn't do its job, it's very rare that anyone faces any consequences for it.