That's true.

[He can't argue with it.]

But it's nice to at least have people around you that you don't think might stab you in the back if you aren't careful.

[He feels like being a kid is the only reason it hasn't been worse for him. Even some of the more violent people don't want that on their conscience.]

I feel bad considering abandoning everyone from my world...but I'd really just be abandoning a timeline that's already kind of screwed. So what's the point?