Maybe it will, one day. It would be nice if you didn't have to be so alone. [Maybe he's assuming that Mithos is, but to Jeb, that week they were together still makes him believe otherwise. He doesn't want Mithos to change his beliefs--he just wants to change Mithos' sadness, turn it into something better. That's... at least something he's been good at with others before, right...?] You don't have to be my friend. It would just be nice if you had someone who could make you happy again.

["Why should you be allowed to stay here, when they've all left?" Jeb hasn't forgotten those words, nor their implications. Has Mithos really lost all the people here that helped him not be so miserable? Jeb couldn't imagine going through that himself.]