"Mm," he murmurs, nodding slightly as he takes in what they're saying. He's silent for a beat, trying to pick out how to say what he wants to say.

"I hope so. It's been... confusing. So far," he says, glancing back at them and catching Olivia's wrinkled nose. She really feels like that, huh?

"I haven't followed," a gesture around at the island, "all this after the first years of it, but it seems as if everything I've heard about it is wrong. She's supposed to drive us apart, but the only thing she's ever said she wants is for us to protect each other and kill the monsters." He pauses a moment there, turning his attention back to their path up the mountain. He takes a breath, and ends up shaking his head very slightly. "It's just strange to me."