He held his hand to his chest, clutching it with his other delicately. Oh, he made a complete idiot of himself, that much he knew. He glanced up at Ari and smiled weakly, his heart still pounding heavily. What a disaster he was being!
"I... I still couldn't have done anything without your help," he repeated with a sheepish shrug. "I mean... I'm not trying to discount the others! Altair helped too, and the captain, and even Drake!" Though he had to giggle at the memory of Drake flailing to get away from the flan. "But really, you made me... um, that is, you made my spells stronger. And, well, you were pretty... incredible." His eyes fell back to his barely eaten muffin and still untouched coffee. Well, now was a good time to remedy that.