"I said they were my friends, I didn't say I was theirs. I was a job."

That's not entirely true. Roberta had said she loved him. But at one time, she told him clearly she wasn't his friend. Doc? Doc he just thought was generally friends with anyone. But to Murphy he was the best one he had.

"Look, I've done some world-building. I've seen some idiot world building. This is ass." And it's painful.