He does, at least, offer a nostalgic smile even if the eating has began again.

"Madoka was on this train for a while. She might yet turn up if she ain't yet." Just to remind her that maybe it's not all for naught. Not yet, anyhow.

"I had a team once. We uh... went our separate ways, eventually." He'll put it that way. "But now my boy has his own. That weird-ass raccoon I mentioned is on it."