"So I guess we understand each other." A little bit at least, which — if Billy's created world really was a reflection of how he felt about himself — shouldn't come as a surprise to the Soldier. Billy there had been his own sort of outcast; perhaps some of that carried over to here.

He didn't see a need to call attention to it though, not when he thought it might make Billy uncomfortable. They'd certainly covered enough uncomfortable things today. "As you wish," he replied to the question. "It was nothing pressing. And when I knew I was being followed, it was nothing at all except seeing what you would do."