[he's quiet for a bit, clearly thinking this over. when he speaks, it's slow, like he's still puzzling the words out.]

Everything you're saying makes sense. It's really good advice, even. How come you're so good at this and then you go and do dumb things?

[huffs a faint laugh, gone as fast as it starts.]

I guess... well, that's the normal way to do things. To find friends. And I think I have. It's just that I end up thinking about everything I've tried to do for my unit, and I just wonder... if I was wrong.