His smile is grim, but no less pleased — until he notices that uneasy look in Knock Out. It takes him a few seconds, but it's not a difficult connection to make. Not knowing Knock Out like he does. He holds out his arm for the buffer, taking a few seconds as he does to figure out how to put words to his thought.

"You couldn't have known, anyway," is what he eventually settles on. "The first thing they took offline was my comm link." He lifts his other arm, giving Knock Out's shoulder a nudge that's meant to be jovial, but comes out a little softer than that. "So don't worry about it."