I don't mind. It sounded like that was something you needed to admit to yourself.

[there's no judgment in his tone; he can't emotionally understand why someone would want to stay here, but intellectually he can. buzz also knows he has no idea what this guy has been through or what's waiting for him at home to make him want to stay. if he's safer and happier here, then so be it.]

Does it... feel better to say that out loud?