[Ah...that's a quite the clue, isn't it? Seems like his intuition was right (as it usually is). Now, how to gently press the topic without upsetting Joseph...an interesting problem...]

Ah, but the size of the original is irrelevant, no? When we're all returned to zero, once we arrive. Other than the lucky few who end up with many people from home, of course.

[Seriously, how does that work? Anyway.]

Do you prefer to just have a few close friends, mon ami?

[That could explain the level of hurt...]