[Madoka...that's. Something. That's actually something like John himself would say and it's for that reason he doesn't immediately answer because it's weird hearing those kind of words from someone else? But right.]

You might be right about that. It's always better at the end of a journey, isn't it? [Unless you're the Homestuck kids. But maybe that means their journey isn't over yet.] Maybe this is just a place we are all supposed to learn some valuable lesson to take back with us to help keep our worlds safe and work with Qri to make it so. And maybe that is why not all of our friends are here.

[Maybes. Lots and lots of maybes.] But we can handle it, can't we?