[There's something about that expression that brings something wistful to his own. He didn't expect to see Souji so soon after he left Inaba, and this was the last place he expected. He palms the back of his neck, ruffling the hair at the nap of his neck.] Yeah, I didn't expect it to be this way at all but hey -- we've been through worse, right?
[He's still not sure that's true - he doesn't know what this place is really like yet. But he figures saying it would at least give them a false sense of reassurance.]