To her eyes he let her see how tired he was, how weakened he felt.
"A little tired. Mind if I grab a lift? I have some things to do back near where you came in?"
Then he turned and smiled to the crowd, smiling, confident.
"Thank you all. It's nice to see that people are decent and helpful, even to a stranger they don't know anything about. I'll be around in the next few weeks, helping with reconstruction, so I hope to see you all there."
He gave that smile and wave and then nodded to Lois.