[Not too much of a delay in that answer. That's good. That kind of respond is either a lie, something hard to come by or a guaranteed regret. All he has is this Roy's word to go off on and his own natural optimism.]

I'm glad you have people like that in your life. They're hard to come by.

[Aw bro, this just reminds him how much he miss his family.]

And I want you to know that even if you don't know me that well - or at all, if you need a hand with anything I have your back.