There are certainly benefits to that too.

[ That was part of why he changed his name, ran away. Anonymity has safety and peace. People who want you when you're nothing mean something different.

Is that why he's building up a persona here? Vulnerability takes effort. Brings loss. Part of him still thinks he'll see his loved ones again, but there's a more sober part that's already accepting he won't.

But, skies and stars, he isn't ready to go through that again. ]

Hanging around such an illustrious figure may be counterintuitive to your goals, my dear.