I don't know if it matters, but you can say whatever you want to me even if it's maybe not the right thing. I think and say the wrong things all the time; it'd be okay.
[He's so pleased that she doesn't want to leave, even though he doesn't for a moment think that he plays significantly into her reasons for wanting to stay.]
Then I guess it's alright to say that I hope they'll come here, if they've got nowhere better to be.