[ He makes a somewhat scoffing noise at noble, but not caring. Noble is a tangled concept anyway, and sure, he's been motivated by noble reasons before, but that hasn't always gone well, has it? Life is a constantly learning curve. He's most keeping up with the learning. ]

Mm, they're as confused as any of the rest of us were when we first got here. Helping like people had helped me is nice, yeah.

[ But he's really there always watching for family or friends showing up. They haven't yet, but still.

Shaking off those thoughts, he stares down at the dog being drawn on his arm. ]

A dog?

[ Hah, and a smile to go along with it. ]

Never knew you were an artist.

[ Lies, but he's shifting away from talking about work. This whole event, it ties into some good and some not great related to it, but overall, he's happy to be here. Particularly with her. ]