The comment elicited a smile out of him and he nodded as they walked along the path. "I know exactly what you mean. The short time before you and Kay-tu arrived I wasn't sure what I was going to do with myself, the two of you gave me a reason to want to try."
Before then he'd still been seriously contemplating what to do with himself, possibly just drowning in drink and staying that way.
"I'm glad the two of you arrived at the station too."