[Considering Jonathan's been chided by colleagues for spending as much time running around the city streets doing research and investigating as actually helping in the clinic... some might call into question just how 'noble' he is.]

Please believe it is not your company, dreadful or otherwise, that would chase me away. I'd simply like to maintain some level of regularity with my sleep. I shouldn't like to impose upon you for quarters if you find yourself similarly fatigued in the early morning hours.

[The elevators dings their arrival and Jonathan peers out curiously onto the floor. He hasn't actually been in any of the dwellings in the Up, just wondered after them from the outside.]