[Part of it is the optimism he has learned from his sister, but another part of it is a front, trying to convince himself that he will be all right. The truth is he's a little shaken up by the idea that he's apart from his sister here.]
I'm Mithos. It's nice to meet you...and it's lucky to have you as a neighbor. [This is a new thing, having neighbors who actually talk to him and don't treat him like a disease.]
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I'm Mithos. It's nice to meet you...and it's lucky to have you as a neighbor. [This is a new thing, having neighbors who actually talk to him and don't treat him like a disease.]