I've been trying to get him to open up more, because he's spent his whole life building and maintaining a fortress around himself. I broke down today and told him that I recognized this, and that if he wanted to let me into the real George, please let me know--he could be vulnerable. He responded: "millions of years of minkind existing and ceasing to exist, they've finally figured out how to avoid it." I said, "vulnerability or human connection?" and he said "the human connection." Great. Go figure.