Silence wasn't unwelcome, wasn't welcome either it just- was. How long he traveled alone he was far more used to the sounds of where he was than the voices of someone with him. Had even taken a bit of time to be used to Ana traveling with him back home. Figured it was better to be used to a lack of conversation here, rather than letting himself slip as he had been.

This was all temporary—

"Busy. Always moving. Got a mission to take care of and can't stop for it," and this place was... It technically wasn't in the way of that. This was just some fragment of himself, while the rest carried on.