He had more than missed her. For a while the forest had seemed miserable without her presence. He wasn't sure what they were, if they were anything beyond friends but still it seemed almost dimmer. It was a feeling he'd recognized before, a similar feeling when he'd been forced to let Eve go. He held her for a moment longer than he probably needed to, but it was a comfort he'd missed greatly.
When he'd pulled back just slightly to look at her he couldn't help but smile. "It was.." He really had to think for a moment on the words. Difficult didn't even begin to describe it. "We nearly lost Nottingham."He didn't realize how attached to her he'd become. He cautiously reached out a hand again to touch her cheek almost affectionately. It was half affection and half for reassurance. He needed to know she was really there, the same went with Robin and the others he called friend.
And yet with them it was different. He was almost afraid to touch Robin still. It was harder with him than he'd imagined it ever could be and it was confusing. He was a little more hardened than when he left and it showed in his eyes. "I missed you most of all." of all his new world friends, she was the one he often thought of. "How could I forget?"