[Mickey, that is a delightful joke and normally Sebastian would chuckle at it. Today, that sounds like a lot of effort, so he just smiles slightly. But back to the matter at hand...]
Naturally I shall be by his side again. Your pardon, but this insistence that I, in spite of that, should miss him is quite...
[It's very illogical. Didn't Sebastian already say he's just taking a break? It just makes so much more sense that he suddenly and uncharacteristically doesn't feel like working than that he'd be miss someone so important to him.
...Sigh. Is it worth the effort to explain that? On the flipside:]
The likelihood of you meeting him again is slimmer, on the other hand.