He was so caught off guard by the question that he didn't have an answer for her at first. How the hell was he supposed to talk about something so ... personal, intimate, to her? Sure the day was already weird as could be. Here he was holding Ellie while his Ellie, his partner, was dead in the future. Meanwhile he was also in the hospital completely oblivious in a coma. But ... oh nothing they went over before taking the shot and getting back to Mandalus had prepared him for this.