[It certainly helps that he's never had a friend before, too.
Aside from Jean, of course.]

If it is a consequence, then it's an awful one. A proper consequence should have a time limit, something you can look forward to after dealing with sitting in timeout for so long -
I don't foresee this going away anytime soon.

Unless I somehow manage to make you hate me, of course. But that is obviously not happening, either - and, at least at this exact moment in time, I...
Can't say that I want you to.