[It's an impressive defense that's started developing, as each improbability-to-impossibility has weighed on him. The standard caution is there, too, of course; that constant drive to adjust his responses, demeanor and behavior to suit different situations and people.]

It's just... [He pauses to think through his words, expelling a huff of breath into the air.] It's difficult to reconcile everything. Being here at all, everything that's happened here, and then you.

[He shakes his head slightly, lowering his head with the motion as he puts his free hand into a jacket pocket.]

I'm not even supposed to know you yet, and somehow I've already lost you.