He stared back at him briefly, not quite sure how to take that. He didn't get many compliments, not personal ones. Compliments from his superiors on hos well he did his job, sure. Not on his personal manner. "Good," he said, and he meant it. He wanted to make Dallon feel better--that was the root of it. "I've definitely never heard that one before, but I'm glad."
He attempted a smile. "Don't worry about it. If ever you want to talk, do." He could sit there for hours and just listen to him talk. About his family, about the war--anything.