[Lucy's silent for a moment before adding:]

There's no fate worse than being alone.

[She would know that better than anyone, or at least, more than people who always had someone to turn to for comfort.]

But why were you kept apart from your tribe? I thought the whole point of being part of a tribe was to - I don't know... Be together?

[She'll get around to asking about where he's from eventually, because while tribes aren't completely gone by her time, it's not exactly a common lifestyle anymore, so that did make her raise a brow.]