[The Balladeer folds his arms, brow furrowing.]

If you've got people around to lean on, you should lean on them. I mean...sometimes you have to be self-sufficient. I only made a friend pretty recently, before that it was just me and...

[Well, Peregrine doesn't really care about all that stuff. Why tell a story no one wants to hear? It wasn't exactly the same anyway - except for one terrifying moment, he never exactly felt like it was about survival. Just...getting through it.]

It's just not good to isolate yourself. People aren't meant to be alone.