[ Ah, this feels familiar. Even before he remembered much about where he came from, he was already something of a cynic (or maybe that was just in comparison to others?). Remembering more just underlined why. ]

Well, I wouldn't consider it a bad thing. [ And he means that. ] A fair number of people here, though they may not necessarily have had peaceful lives themselves, come from places where ... [ He pauses, as he tries to figure out how to articulate this. ] ... I suppose you could say they come from places that distinctly lack hostility towards everything else? Or, mmm, where the worst possible scenario happening isn't thought of as being all that likely.