"I've been fortunate a couple of times." Literally a couple. He thinks on Josie and Annie as he climbs.

"It took me forty years before I found something like that again, although that didn't work out. And then Annie..." The love of his long-lived life; it's still something he believes. "I didn't treat her well. That was my fault. She knew what I was, but she didn't know what I was. Trying to keep that hidden, trying to be a good man for her, well."

He bites his lip, shaking himself out those thoughts. "Sorry. No, the truth isn't always an option."

Although there are other reasons (namely that he's him).