[he just smiles faintly at that, his mood lifted by the chance to talk about his beloved gous. his entire expression softens.]

It means that even if you're more or less a group of strangers who have different histories, who have never met... you might be lucky enough to all be in one place. It means a bunch of the weirdest people I've ever met, but knowing as deep as my steel that they're mine.... you know? That they're the same as me, in the most important way - because we were created by the same hands.

At least, supposedly.

... and being a Gou also means - to always be waiting.