[ Watching you carefully again, because he's got a pretty accurate reading on your thought process right now. That's why he's reaching out for your hand for himself, and gripping tight.

He loves you. You know that, right? Which is why... ]

You and the rest are going to feel out of your depth like this all the way until the Groundskeeper relinquishes that bit of your soul back to you. You've gained a bit of our insight as a result, along with some of our principle weaknesses.

[ He says "we", because he might as well own THAT much about his "condition". ]