Ah, that's Professor Turo. Professor, Alhaitham. [Kaveh inclines his head in greeting to Turo during the rather hurried introductions, before stepping back to make sure Valiant and Mariposa have enough room.]

No, thank you for coming on such short notice.

[He doesn't know what else to do, and he feels awful about it, but...] I didn't think...touching them was going to help any, but we can't really leave them like this.

[Or here at all, but it is impolite to say so.]