[He doesn't mind the fingers sliding between his own. If anything, he lets his two fingers curl around those, gently securing them together as a sign of solidarity between them. It's small, it's something he can handle, and it's a gesture he's more than willing to make with Yu as this point in their lives. His eyes wander downwards to look at their fingers, a subtle and soft smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. But he only lingers for a moment before blinking back upward with a much brighter smile.]

Yeah! I don't see why not. They did already give me the okay, so, what's stopping us? Some of the higher-ups are still here from the mission you ran, I saw them hanging around somewhere. I guess if we run into them, we should ask them about contacting everyone back home and letting them know we're safe. We've been gone a pretty long time, huh?

[He asks, wearing a facade that suggests that the time spent away was minor. No big deal. But it did bother him, in a sense, but he tries his best to shrug it off with a smile.]