[He's quiet for a long moment, then decides to go ahead and say what's on his mind anyway.] Well, you've not been one to stay in one place for very long, if ye can help it. We've left in a hurry more than once. That is, when I was still traveling with ye.

[softly] But I'm not traveling with ye any more, am I? I was sent back to Scotland, and Zoe was sent back to the Wheel. And at some point ye changed into who ye are now, and things are different.