[...oh! There's a bit of an interpretation gap there, but John gets it.]

Well, ya see, I don't - I can't exactly keep photos on me, and this old thing ain't digital! You oughta see the...the phones and stuff they've got back home!

[John is totally into the doom and gloom! It's just that...he likes friends. He hasn't had a lot of them.]

I'm keeping all my photographs nailed to the walls of my cabin. For, ya know, safekeeping. Display.