Depending on those individuals' situation in their home worlds, one has to wonder which group is luckiest... Perhaps those who stay here exactly as long as they wish, if they exist.

[He really, really hopes they exist.]

Haha, I imagine a few years would greatly improve the situation indeed, at that age. The pleasant company and waiting friends too, of course, but longer legs do make the walks necessary to see them shorter, and also less tiring.