[He hesitates again before continuing, because he knows the situations are different and it's not like either of them know each other well, but. He does think he gets it.]

I know we don't know each other well, but I know what it's like to have someone you care for stuck here as an inmate, [Care for is kind of an enormous understatement, but he's a guy and slightly emotionally repressed, so using the L word even platonically is weird. B(] so if you ever want someone to talk to, I'd be more than happy to make myself available.