"Hey. You do what you need to do." There is no need to apologise for getting caught up in a shitty situation, as far as he's concerned. Anyway, a great many things that have vexed him would have probably been made more tolerable if he had thrown 'dignified' to the wind and done some screaming and crying of his own.

"I was in a small town called Purgatory. It is north, past Montana, near Calgary." He doesn't expect anyone to have heard of the place. If he had just said Purgatory it would probably lead people to think he's referring to Hell's waiting room.

Well. Maybe the town is aptly named in that way.

"And yourself? A city boy, I presume?" There is no judgement in that tone. City or country they're all sharing the same big piece of land.