Well. That certainly didn't make the top five of reactions he would have expected, but he wasn't really trying to read that deep into anyone's behavior here anyway. That was behind him, in another world, in another time, in another ocean.

Dorian's answer, though, was actually pretty sad, especially with how he laughed about it.

"Different place, different chances... Different life. Optimistically thinking," he starts, which wow, optimistically was a thing that just came out of his mouth, "it's sort of an opportunity. To start over."