"I know the few I got attached to ain't rightfully mine... Madoka got her own folks back home." Good, healthy folks that aren't messed up. Not like him. "The others seem to got their shit in order... don't really want anyone new to look out for 'em. But it's still nice, havin' somebody wantin' to count on ya sometimes. Means you really got a chance to do it right this time."

And they both very much need that.

"I think we can for the most part. We ain't perfect but we're better for it, 'cause this place is gonna be brutal on 'em. We saw that. Normal ain't gonna cut it." That good is somethin' they need, too. But something too clean just won't carry. So maybe all that bad shit he and Vexen are carrying around in their heads got them prepared for this kind of thing. At least, that's what he's hoping.