Yeah. If he's your friend, I wouldn't mind having him around. He could help keep the bugs away.

[this is all starting to become dangerously familiar. he tries not to swallow too much as he listens to her; it's just going to make the dry lump in his throat more apparent.]

She's taken care of you, I'll give her that. But putting food on your plate sounds like all she's done. She's kept you locked up for your entire life. If anything, from the sound of things, she's let you down.