"...."
"Wow..that must...really suck.."
"I mean I...I guess-but I-it's not so bad!"
He clearly didn't even believe himself.
"..........You were up in that tower for almost 2 decades.."
"I-I know...."
".....How could you say it wasn't so bad..?'
"I-I dunno-I-I mean I still have to go back-maybe-probably-Ugh, I dunnoooo-"
He buried his face in his hands.
"....You don't have to go back if you don't want to."
"But...."
"Hey, listen. It's going to be okay. If you don't want to go back, you don't have too."