It's the unfortunate nature of this place, not that he's quite realized it just yet. Perhaps, if he's lucky, he won't have to encounter such a thing for quite some time. A social creature by very nature, losing those connections never settled right with him. Even outside of this place, being left as the last one standing hadn't... done him too kindly.

Perhaps it would be different here, opportunities he wouldn't have had a chance at otherwise.

And it certainly seems that's the case as it wasn't the answer he'd expected to hear from him, heart feeling as if it'd burst out of his chest if he wasn't careful. Though careful never really was in his nature, either. Better to put it out there than to say nothing and wonder what would have been the result if he'd just gathered up enough courage. "A-ah, I see." That's the worst way to go about this, but he's at least trying. "... Perhaps it's something we could... try and see where it goes?" That's also vague, Speedwagon. He was doing so good.