Don't worry, Jack isn't thinking anybody here is his friend, certainly not yet. It's just a word some lower class people use. Like "dude" or "man" or "pal". Princes, if they're going that far, just stick to "friend", even when you aren't friends.

"No, I hear you," he agrees, though. "Even if my situation is much improved from where I came from, it's still not a thing to trust. They act like we're great heroes. We're not."