[He relaxes a little. Just knowing that there's someone else who's been through something even slightly similar situation makes him about 10x more talkative about it, to boot.]

I'm just worried. I know it's only supposed to be one person, but I've made a lot of friends, and I don't want them to get sacrificed. And then I feel bad because there's a lot of other people in the world too, so even if it's not one of my friends, it's still a person with family and friends of their own, and-

I just... don't really know what to think about it anymore.