[It's not a surprise to him that she does. He was never under any illusion that either of them wanted to stay here. Even he knows eventually he'll have to return. Still, it doesn't make that feeling of rejection any better. It still remains.
Her words though don't help her case to him. In fact, they sort of poke a simmering fire back into life a little.]
Not a very fun feeling, is it? [His words hold an incredible amount of bitterness in them.] At least the affects are temporary and things can go back to normal afterwards.