They found Elias at ten past one in the morning in a lay-by on the A46 four miles outside Bristol, sitting on the kerb with his back against a bollard.
He had been hit by a car at some point, which he was extremely pleased about and would not stop mentioning. His left arm was in a shape arms do not go in. There was a handcuff on his right wrist with about nine inches of chain and no other cuff, and he had a piece of Cassian's shirt in his other hand and would not let go of it.