The little smile fades from his face, as he tries again to catch Ren's eye. "I'm glad you're here," he says, softly. "It's been awful to be alone. A couple of people here try to be patient with me, you know, the way you're patient with old people. I don't like it very much, if you want the truth."

How much is it a distortion of things his former self might have thought? Maybe it's not at all, or maybe it's close. How is Ren to know?