"You didn't exactly need to go out by yourself, either," Barnaby flatly pointed out. But then his eyes softened, and he averted his gaze a little. "I'm sorry for troubling you, though."

They had enough to deal with without having to worry about Barnaby spontaneously falling asleep. He hoped this didn't become a pattern, especially if they intended on getting out of here as soon as possible.

"For what it's worth, I feel fine physically," he added. "So, there's no need to worry." As for how he was doing emotionally, well...that was another matter, but now didn't seem to be the time to dig into that mess, as much as he wanted to get everything sorted out. They were both clearly exhausted in some fashion or another. Still, he didn't immediately meet Kotetsu's eyes.