Oh. So it was just that. "If nothing else, it seems like I'll have an awful lot of time-- and chances-- to practice, just being here. Give it a few decades, and even I'll be an expert." It's not sarcastic so much as dry, or at least that's how he intends it to come off.

"It kind of sounds like you have a reason for being here, though. Even if it wasn't what you expected at first. I mean, it's not like I believe that everything has a reason for happening, but...I think I'd be happy, if it turned out that I was good at being helpful in the way you are. And like you said, no matter who it is, everyone needs someone to be...just nice to them, sooner or later."