"I think that's a perfectly reasonable desire." He said, glad that the worst of the conversation was, hopefully, over, and ventured a reassuring smile at her-- though he chuckled when she said he was nothing like Doom and didn't reply except to nod. She had a point, nothing he did was driven by power... but even Reed knew that he and Victor were two sides of the same coin...
"Thank you, Miss Hunkel. As do I." He said, smiling absently at the thought of Sue and the baby... today they would find out if it was a son or a daughter-- and then he could finally stop using 'it' as a pronoun referring to their child.
He stood up and stepped aside so Maxine could stand as well. "I should be on my way." He said, though he paused to make sure that Maxine was definitely alright. "You're alright then? You'll be alright here while we're gone?"