[... Oh. He's quiet for a moment, before he pulls back a little to offer her a smile, touched that she would be worried about him.]

I... didn't really have any connections outside of a the castle besides Flap. [Quietly, and then he shakes his head.] But it's not like that anymore. I made friends with other teens my age! And even Darius started being nicer to me after I proved myself to him.

[The last one is iffy, but. He's fine! Things are better now. Kind of.]