He might point out that he hadn't asked for space, he'd taken it. Had she asked? She seemed like the sort to be polite about it if she had.

Polite was rarely what was needed when getting space.

"It was different for me," he didn't want to say yes or no, because he had no idea what Pike's friend would be thinking about. Or not thinking about. "In a lot of ways I thought about nothing but my pain. I was feral, angry. Like an animal."

And without his love, missing Bo hadn't exactly been feasible.