[ he's silent for a long moment, running over how to word his response in his mind. this has never been a strong suit of his, unless it was down to the wire where he could yell his feelings out and hope they landed.

delicacy, though? egghhhh. ]

Well, like, everyone's got their own thing goin' on. [ he winces. bad start. ] I mean, if you think of home as a place where you're just gonna suffer, of course you'd go for a chance to move on.