Meaning of 逃げ出した 先に in this sentence


I am trying to dissect a sentence from a manga page. I am a beginner in all
aspects of Japanese, though grammar is my weakest point.

**逃げ出した 先に** 楽園 なんて ありゃ しねえ のさ

The licensed English translation of this page says "There's no paradise for
you to escape to". I am having trouble getting to a meaning like this on my
own.

Google translate is giving me "There is no paradise on the way I ran away."

The non bolded part I think I am okay with, it reads to me like "(something)
such as paradise doesn't exist".

The bold part I am having trouble with. 逃げ出した looks like past tense to me (ran
away) and 先に (previously) being there would make sense with a past tense verb.
This doesn't really make a lot of sense to me in the context of the scene
though. The girl wants him to take her away from a bad place/situation and he
is showing her that coming with him will be even worse for her, as he is fated
to be surrounded by death and fight for his life. I don't see why he would be
talking in the past tense. I am probably making an obvious mistake here, but
Google translate seems to going down the same path I am.

Obviously an online translation tool won't work 100%, and I know that
liberties may often be taken in even licensed translations, but the licensed
translation really is the only one that makes sense here, so if anyone could
help me connect the dots to how to get there, that would be great.

This is the original source, in case I have misrepresented it somehow.
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8CMKD.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8CMKD.png)




I believe the girl in the picture ran away from home?

逃げ出した先に

literally here means "the place you ran away to", `先に` **can** mean previously
in certain situations, but in this situation it means something completely
different.

If you look up [先](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/86612/meaning/m0u/) in a
dictionary it corresponds to the following:

>   7. 行き着く所。目的の場所。(The place you arrive. Destination.)
>

Also, I think he is saying this to her because he wants her to take on her
challenges face on rather than running away.

Here is another example of the above usage:

> しかしいろいろな困難を乗り越えてたどり着く **先に** は本当の幸せがあります

I will leave the meaning of the above as a challenge for the reader.




I believe the girl in the picture ran away from home?

逃げ出した先に

literally here means "the place you ran away to", `先に` **can** mean previously
in certain situations, but in this situation it means something completely
different.

If you look up [先](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/86612/meaning/m0u/) in a
dictionary it corresponds to the following:

>   7. 行き着く所。目的の場所。(The place you arrive. Destination.)
>

Also, I think he is saying this to her because he wants her to take on her
challenges face on rather than running away.

Here is another example of the above usage:

> しかしいろいろな困難を乗り越えてたどり着く **先に** は本当の幸せがあります

I will leave the meaning of the above as a challenge for the reader.

