...I see. If you would have asked back home...I would not have minded.

[ But that's neither here nor there now. What matters is the present!! ]

The lack of peace back home...makes it hard to do many things. I suppose that is...one good thing about this place. [ It's not as crazy...there's lull in the otherwise outrageous schemes of Ceres. But he's not sure if that's a good thing or not. ]