Maybe you're seeing wrong, he wanted to say -- but didn't. That wouldn't be diplomatic; it sure wouldn't be nice, not in the tone he was thinking it. He settled for a calm, wise, "Always in motion, the future is."
He nodded anyway, at the rest. "I know some people I'd like here, too," he said quietly. "But then they'd be stuck like the rest of us. How could your brother help?"