They have been very nice to us. They even let us keep what we find in the Fissures, out of gratitude for us helping them stabilize their reality. I think they're also grateful for having something new, considering they seem to have the same degree of personality and intelligence as humans.

[If he got lonely after twelve years of only superficial contact with other people, he can only imagine how bad it must have been for them, with as long as it's been just the six of them here...]