He just nods, his troubled expression clearly showing on his face, but he mercifully says nothing more about it.

"We can find each other if we need to. And I can kinda fly if I try hard, so you don't need to worry about me." He gives Gabriel's hand a little pat. He still doesn't move his hand away. "If we get separated, um...I'll be okay."

He doesn't ask will you be okay? because he thinks he knows the answer to that already and it's probably going to be Complicated and Distressing, which are things Gabriel doesn't really need right now?? He has moved to treating Gabriel sort of like an emotional triage patient at this point, out of sheer i don't know what to do.