"... Well, that doesn't have terrifying implications for your cognitive development or anything." Yes, that's the first thing he thinks of, hearing that last sentence. It's hard to expect anything else out of himself, with all the neuroscience worked down into the most basic layers of his personality.

Explains a lot, though. Of course someone who experienced that kind of isolation wouldn't be able to adjust back to existing within a social community again normally. Still, there's definitely a new sort of respect in Ghost's posture as he regards Senku. To come out of that coherent in any way isn't a small thing, and speaks a great to mental resilience. Maybe in a way that someone with a different background wouldn't understand.

Humans just aren't meant to be alone for that long. Humans aren't meant to live for that long.