[ Not genuinely asking, not quite a joke, but certainly a weak attempt at lightening the moment, do a bit of bolstering. It's so easy to fall into the same old routine he had with Dru whenever she was unsettled, but Ianto isn't asking him to kill anyone, isn't asking him if he loves him eyeballs to entrails. It's moments like these where he wonders if he has what it takes to last with a normal, mortal man but he can't falter on this. Not today. ]
Listen - I was with him after he had his Noah ripped out. Can't tell if he's got it back, but from the sound of him I doubt it. It's- familiar. [ Like how manic and crazy he was in the early soul days. ] I can tell you he doesn't have his lit'le creepy crawlies anymore and that's a plus for us. Alright?
Besides, I've gone up against bigger bads in my day and I'll do it again in the future. None of them'll even come close to taking me down. [ Because he's notoriously hard to kill, not because he beat them. ]