Hah, no, it doesn't ever make things any easier, being the only one of you around.

[And maybe the day's getting to him too, because after a second he adds:]

I was the first one of my whole species, nobody even knew what I was. And then I was the only one here for years.

[The urge to talk lets up for the moment, and he mutters a curse under his breath before shrugging.]

Not quite the same as your situation, but...

[He sort of gets it.]