*hardly hears anything you're saying with the blood pounding in his ears the way it is*
*does catch a few words here and there though*
seemed a little down
*coughs into his hand* Yeah? Shame, that. *a bit gruffly* Nothin' too serious, I hope? *continuing to process (it's an ongoing procedure)* Oh. You don't know about it. Do you really not know, or do you not know 'cause it's the kinda thing I'll beat your posterior for if you do know?