[He leans back, staring up at the stars. He's not all that good at being this... honest, or open, not about these kinds of things, but this is important.]
Because I can tell you've been through a lot. Because I want to give you and your brothers and everyone who needs it a place to live and grow up and not have to have a world with worry or fighting past what you want to do. Because... I've been alone, even with Hallelujah with me, and I know how lonely that can be, and I don't want that to happen to someone else. Because I care about you. Because I think of you as a friend.