"They can."

Watson lets his voice be firm, brooking no argument. They can and they do and they will, or at least if he has anything to do with it. "If one gives them a chance, at any rate. Just because someone is friendless does not mean they are doomed to always be so." He exhales, softly. "You weren't looking to be revealed here and now, I suspect. I'm glad the situation was not so dire as it looked when I arrived."