"Good." The way he phrased it seemed off for him, at the very least it seemed a bit more curt. She wasn't sure if that was because of how much he'd had to drink or if something else had happened. At least his explanation cleared up a bit of that. From what he'd said about his world it wasn't really a place he could actually be himself. He'd also made it pretty clear that he didn't want to go back.

"I thought that might have been the case." From what she'd seen of people talking it seemed likely he'd been sent back to his own home. There'd been some speculation that he could have ended up in trouble because of those new creatures, but that hadn't seemed like the most logical conclusion to her. It'd seemed more like wishful thinking from those that didn't want to accept the potential truth.

"They were doing it more for themselves," she said with a shrug. Harsh, but true in the long run. "I doubt they thought it was a waste of time." But she got why he'd think that. "At least you came back, I know you said you'd rather stay. But I take it home wasn't good?"