["Maybe" and "for now" are at least a first step.]

[He adds slowly:] ...The thing is I also know telling someone they're safe doesn't help them feel that way if they used to be unsafe for a really long time.

I can kinda tell things were hard for you like they were for me. Just... you have your guard up like I did when I was your age. It seems like a lot of complicated stuff was going on for you back home.

So because I can't actually promise everything will be safe here forever, I kinda came up with something else.

Back home, when it was obvious our village wasn't safe and was going to get found by our enemies, I built myself a bunker, hidden underground. It was hidden so well that when I was right, and they did come to kill us, my entire village was able to hide there.

I found a hiding place here in the Pole for you if you want it. It's hidden like my tunnels in the walls.

I figured I wouldn't need because I have my tunnels so I put some stuff in there for you in case you wanted it. Now's as good a time to tell you about it as any.