Temple ponders it for a moment. One hand, he really doesn’t want to participate in this orientation. On the other, this man is nice and the next one to come along might not be.

When he’s done thinking, he says, “No, you can stay. I have to do this with someone, and you, at the very least, seem decent.”

Temple’s sure that there are some people here who wouldn’t notice or care about much he doesn’t want to be here, and he doesn’t want to land himself with one of those people. So he’s going to let the man do it with him.