It occurred to him that talking about this with one of his most close mouthed incarnations - he assumed that was universal - was kinda funny.
"Oh, boy. This is going to sound all kinds of ridiculous to you, I'm sure. I - Run off to avoid conversations I don't want to have? Or talk a lot about nothing to obfuscate when I'm upset? In short, talking about how best to not die during the war was easy, compared to talking about how to live with each other now that the war is over."
That..actually came out a lot clearer then he'd expected