[His concern for this situation, this attitude, is spiking the more the conversation goes on. But he keeps calm, as always, stepping to close the distance between them, again. This time, it's just to stand close, not to reach out and touch him.]

You can't change it.

[There's nothing he can do about what he wants, so he has to get over it, in other words. He knows it's harsh, when Dextera is feeling this way, but that's a dangerous line of thinking, and he won't enable it.]

You can spend as much time with him as he'll let you. Would you rather spend none at all? [He honestly doesn't know.] He deserves some freedom, just like you. Maybe he can make some friends.