He looks back at her, and then down at one of his hands. He seems less certain than her about that. He's glad that she doesn't try to get any more familiar than she has been, honestly - he is more vulnerable that way that he'd like. Ancient wounds feel like they've been torn open anew.

"...I am uncertain about my initial tactic. The full loss of the Matrix seems less viable than it had before. I had...not expected to return, but this absence, if anything, has proven to me how much my presence is still needed."