Not to be a downer, but thiiiis might be a good time to tell you that I've been stuck here for over a year.

[Don't want to get his hopes too high.]

This is actually a dream-ish world, though. You might not wake up where we are, and if you don't... Maybe you just go home? So maybe you'll be okay.

[He actually seemed decently okay with it. Not that there weren't problems, but he was both used to it and hopeful to spend more time with his friends.]