I'm not certain yet. [He is certain. Mostly certain. Hush, Valeyard, you're not a part of this conversation.] However, as fact stands you've been a better friend to me- if not my elder selves, so I thought I would come to you.

...Also, you've been active more recently than in the past century.

...Unless you have a platonic relationship with the agent. Are you? [His turn to be repressed and unsure. Platonic is what one usually does with companions...]