"It doesn't happen to you very often back home," it's half guess and half prompt.

He's curious about all the lives he encounters, but there's something especially intriguing about the life lived by someone who, in another world, might just be another version of himself.

"It happens a lot for me. And usually it's something horrific." So none of this seems like it will be a big adjustment. Replace the walkers with new horrors but losing people is the same.