"Hardly," he says on an exhale. Even if he weren't feeling exceptionally lousy for what all had happened today, he's not sure he'd be able to swallow that praise. Maybe, at best, he'd keep his protests to himself, but not right now. That claim warrants an audible response.

That second comment and sigh are a little trickier to address, though. That's one thing that being in two places at once would have made easier, for sure. "At least... you knew where I was." Better than hating to leave someone on their own when they'd run off to who knows where.