[He nods.] You really really do. And the thing is- well. No offense dear, but you know I'm not- well. Not exactly human, like you are.

He and I were the only ones permanently stationed on Earth. [Celestial beings, anyway. There's the horsepeople, but you can hardly count them.] It's different here, of course. We are all on the same boat, in a way. But back home he was the only one who could understand how it felt.

It would have been rather lonely otherwise.