He flinched slightly at that, because he understood all too well where Adrien was coming from. And yet... "Because the people here are, in general, kind to one another," he said after a moment. "They help each other, working together to make this community a better place. In my world, that's very much not the case. My world is under the control of a being called The Supreme, who rules it with an iron fist. Any form of mutual aid is a crime. People live in fear of The Supreme's power, and most have given up hope that life could be any other way."

"But here... it's different. And beautiful. That a place like this exists, even in a dream... It gives me hope that my son might one day know a better world than I have, however foolish a hope that might be."