[Any sort of concern she might've had for where this conversation was going to go dissolves as soon as Alistair starts to explain himself. What he's concerned about is something that she hadn't even considered -- that she might want him to stay in this awful place even if he had the potential to return home.

She watches him slouch, thinking about how she ought to word her own statement.]

Well...

[She cants her head, lips twitching to one side.]

I would never try and keep you from returning home. Just because I don't really have one myself any more doesn't mean that I don't have causes that I care about too, but this place...

[She motions for him to come closer and sit next to her, if he can.]

...it isolates itself. I've heard that when you return home, you won't remember this place or anyone in it. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make the best of the time I have here while I still remember it.

I can't promise you anything that could last through something I can't control, but I wasn't just going to make this -- a fling.

[Right, okay, that all sounded reasonable enough...right?]