[ And that's the cue for Josh to feel like a total asshole for being a jerk to a kid who's in the same crappy situation as he is (more than Josh even knows, woops). He mistakes Isaac's reserve for something more like humility than what it really is - deferral to a higher power - and backs down in turn.

He sounds more patronizing than nice, but either way the concern is genuine and the sarcastic edge is gone - even if he still has a tendency to talk in circles. ]

As in can't find your way back to your room lost, or lost in space lost? I can try to help with the first one, the second one I probably know as much as you do. Did you read the "welcome pack"? [ okay, so the sarcasm is back for that last phrase. ]