[In some ways, he can appreciate the sentiment. With a small community like this, it's even more important to keep your team happy and it's not all that strange that it bleeds out into their personal lives. Most days there's not a whole lot of work to do, and so their bonds can't be forged under the same intensity as they would back home.
Still... it's very specific. It's not difficult to see that this is about Kitty or Komui or perhaps both, even less so since he's personally invested in both of them to varying degrees. ]
That's very admirable. [A smile, and then he leans back to sit on the edge of the table. Okay, you have his attention. Let's talk.] Are you thinking about anything specific..?