Her words, even the unsaid ones, weren't off-putting. If anything they made him grin more broadly. He leaned a little into her again, even as she looked away. "Well I'm very happy that I'm here too," he told her. "And as for surviving without my luck charm, well it's been difficult," he teased. He gently reached up to catch her chin, nudging it gently so she'd look at him. "But I'm surviving 'très bien' now," he grinned.