"What's your first one? If you don't mind me asking --" Look, he needs some normalcy. So does everyone here, frankly. Although thinking about family makes him pretty sad -- it's probably better for everyone if he stays here, rather than, say, get caught by the police, deported back to Israel and tried. He still misses his family, considers making a comment along those lines, decides it's best to not bring it up. It'll just depress him.