They might be growing vague attachments to me, but it's a one way line.

[He didn't get attached to people, all it had ever caused him in the past was pain. A liability. One he couldn't afford to have, not anymore.]

And you should know as well as I do, at most they're temporary allies to have.

[76 could work with others if he so chose to, tolerate them enough and find the ones he could work well with. That could be reliable amongst a lot of kids.

A hand rested there on the table, claws pressed just against the surface.]

If anything I'd say a certain house is more telling of loneliness, ragged old feather duster.