[ pfft. it might be a little silly, but hearing marinette trying to piece things together does somewhat alleviate both his worries (about her) and his confused mood (about everything). she's... yep, that's marinette all right.

there's a small little pause, a lull to let her casual totally smooth operating!!! sink in.

then he just laughs lightly. ]

Definitely don't remember planning any Houdini tricks, nope. And I would tell you if I was. [ what a nice guy. ] But, uh... yeah, I'm okay, I just feel bad for making you... worry the proper amount of worry for that long because of some bad luck. Maybe having your lucky charm when I was around would've helped.

[ let's all blame the black cat in him, tbh. ]