[Extremely foolish. But perhaps wise all the same. He knows it'll all end eventually, he just thinks it'll be years into the future. That he has more time left to live and love and explore. To experience this life to it's fullest, to try and keep on living without making the same painful mistakes, to somehow make up for all he's done through that idea.]

Nev-ah! Always manage to stumble out ahead, me. Protected you this time, too. [His expression sobers a bit] Never have officially apologized for letting him get you, last time. What he tried to turn you into.

Trying to get out of that habit of losing you. [And watching you drift off into space or drop off cliffs or get sunk in swamps or just generally knocked all over the place]