It's fine, it's not like he's gotten back on track either. "I have, yes. My friends are... they're the world to me. And the person I left the Wood to follow is someone I care about deeply." He pauses and waves a hand in front of him. "N-not like that, though! I just really admire them..."

Ahem. "But I've traveled to different worlds with them, gone to the edge of existence and back... sacrificed myself for them so they can get where they need to go." That was a particularly... distressing time. Still, he doesn't regret it. "But with them, everything seems possible."