[He stands there when she pulls back, and he knows very well what she means. Even if it wasn't that, she would have been right to call back to when he did leave her in the past, circumstances aside.

So he just takes a deep breath, his hands falling to his sides.]

...I fucked up there, I know. And I can only say I will be more careful, but you do know that won't be the last time I could be in a dangerous situation. Not even of my own doing.

[He's quick to add that before she gets the wrong idea.]

This world is not much different from what we face in Valisthea. You're not going to ban me from even doing monster hunts, are you?