"Hmm."

It was oddly flat for him. Like he was just making a sound to fill the void of silence, without any enthusiasm behind it.

"Yeah, I can understand that. My friend wants to go back, too. And if he goes, I go. ...I think we could be better off here, though."

Tough decisions he'd rather not make.

"Doesn't even matter much if we don't have a way to get back anyway."