He laughs, though it's hollow and not exactly warm. That doesn't make it disingenuous it's just not coming strictly from a place of humor at the moment.
"It's finding me. Though completely horrible is probably a bit of an oversell." He doesn't hate it, okay. He'll keep saying that until the cows come home. "I'm... I'm grateful to have my friends. Not everyone gets that." And after seeing Leo lose Mia he knows he has to work fast.