[ of course he does. that might be why the tips of his ears might be slightly redder than usual. while he certainly wasn't quite as obvious as he'd been when he was a young man, some things never really change. ]

It was... the least that I could do, really.

[ and he means it. the fact that he hadn't been there when it happened, it still hurt. and, he owes Venom (or rather the man who became Venom) a debt that he couldn't quite hope to pay back.

as to the rest of it. ]

There's more I could tell you. Would you rather I go over the situation here first, or hear more about what happened after you woke up?

[ and of course, there was still the matter of the stasis pods. ]

I know it's a lot to take in.

[ just like when John had woken up back home. he knows the sort of man his best friend is. ]