"I'd need to have friends for that. Never managed to make any."

The line isn't delivered for sympathy. It's matter of fact, a reality of his life. Secrets meant closeness wasn't possible. He'd had Lois and his own mother. There were people he was acquaintances with, but no one he told things like 'I crashed into a mountain' or 'laughing too hard makes me float a few inches unconsciously'.

"Not any I got to keep, anyway."