I think that may be the way this place works. It's hard to keep track of time somehow...

[He's in the same boat. He's been pulled from his home for quite a long time now, a place before this, and the island simulation before that though that's probably close enough to call home.]

Mm. Maybe so. But there are worse places to be. Even if this place has its dangers, at least everyone mostly has food and shelter. That's positive, don't you think? [That's... sort of optimism?]