"He made it to fully grown. The worst parts of my crew eventually turned on me but it was after he was already doin' shit on his own. So I didn't have to worry about him none."

Not that he would have been any good at being properly affectionate anyway. He's barely figured it out here. Mostly from the occasional person coming him to cry on. He had a brief period of time in which he had his team to be affectionate with, nearly a full decade. But aside from that, the train's been the place where people have been the most unrestrained in showing him any.