House moved close enough to the window to see that it was still latched shut. Well, that was disappointing. Apparently monk boy wasn't all that bright. Though, taking an unusually forgiving view, maybe monk boy had never seen a window before. That didn't seem likely but then nothing about this situation seemed likely.

"Why do you want to jump out of the window?" House had many, many more questions but he decided to start with the most obvious one. "If you just want to leave, I hear they have these things called doors...."