[ It's not ungrateful to hope. Boy, is that a lesson he needs to learn. How many times has he beat himself up for wishing for something, just because he felt unworthy of good things? And yet it is his nature to be hopeful. At least he can recognize it as something he needs to work on now, which was not the case not so long ago. ]

Nah, I...I have people like that, too. [ Except that the greatest among them is already awake. He doesn't say as much, however.

Instead, he offers: ] The Natha weren't all that picky about who they rescued, huh? They saved a lot of good people, but...some not-so-good people, too.