"There's a lot to get used to here," he said, nodding. He wasn't homesick, exactly, but there was a lot he'd left behind, and he wondered what was happening there, if anyone was missing him. Being stuck on a train wasn't so bad, compared to other possibilities.

"I miss my cat." He sighed. He didn't know if Kiki would have even been happy on the train, but that didn't stop him from missing her. "Well, and a lot of things."