They give him a sidelong look full of amusement for the tone. "Yeah, I think I am. I've got a couple people who. If they're still alive in some way. Who would need to hear from me, I think." They're still kind of percolating on what they want to say to those couple people, to cause the least worry while still being truthful.

Of course, they're not sure either person they most want to contact are still alive, so.

That begs the question though: "Are you?"