He squeezed right back, offering a small smile. "If anything, watching you push yourself showed it? I mean like, I see the direction you're guiding and that you're making sure not too push too fast, which... would be easy to do."

He paused after that, uncertain. He wanted to ask about Rren, and that kind of led into it. But he uncertain if he should or if he was to close to that particular subject given that they'd blown up at him as well.