Still this place sounds like a downgrade.

For some people that downgrade is pretty bad.

I'm the last person who should be arguing this when I'm not exactly a people person myself...

[He has had his bouts of being outright evil, but he's starting to un-entrench himself from that thinking. He's been told he evolved past it, even if he can't remember that.]

But sometimes people just need empathy. They need people being comforting.