Familiar city rhythms can feel comforting after imprisonment

Evidence

In a flash the swaying movement comes back to her, and its familiarity is comforting. … Rasha finds herself unexpectedly staring at him, and he peers back at her through his tent of hair. For a second their eyes lock, but Rasha’s not frightened. Instead she finds the connection rapturous. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 64