[ oh! he blinks at that, recollects himself, then: ]

... I dunno. Maybe.

[ it's not a useful answer, he knows, but the truth is he doesn't know. why would he say something that he can't be sure of?

part of him wants the answer to be yes, because if he's not going to be able to leave just yet there's people he wants to see again... but he's also not sure if he wants to be selfish enough to drag them all out of the business of getting their shit together for himself.

ah, what a conundrum. ]

Thinking about some not-in-blood-family you miss? That's what I'm guessing, anyway, since you pulled out that random question after I asked about siblings!

[ he can't read minds, but he can reference context well enough sometimes... at least. ]