He tries to calm his breathing and looks down at Wormmon. A loyal companion, looking out for him... he smiles a little bit and eases up on the contact, dropping his hand to pet the little Digimon on the head.

"If... if you ever need to... if either of you need to talk... to someone who knows... how it hurts... I'm... I'm around." He sniffles a bit, taking another deep breath. "And... um." Well. Thinking on that last mission...

"If you want me to teach you how to fight a little too, I can. I... don't want to... to make you, but if... if we're going to keep going on missions..."