[He nods. He wouldn't expect her to know he'd come from somewhere else that wasn't home.]

That's right. I've been ripped away once from my home, only to be torn from that place to find myself here. I don't think there is any 'going home', just one problem after another, left for those unfortunate enough to be chosen to do all the work. [He spits out his last few words with venom. It pisses him off to no end, but there's not much he can do about it but fix the problem, if he can.]