It's an odd, or just oddly pointed, conversation to have after his furlough in the other village. After Tim tracked him down, after he had to ask how important it really is to him, having Kira around. Why should it matter, why should either of them say anything at all? Bodhi's asking the things Kira hadn't even thought about as he packed and wandered away.

He hadn't even left Tim a note, just--the people he felt responsible for.

"I don't know, honestly. Why can't I imagine moving closer to the inn for the winter without taking you with me? Why do we spend so much time with Credence? People are social animals, we become something else when you cut us off from it."