Well that's all I needed to hear, bubbale. We're cool.

[That was his concern, that Alexei was some front with ulterior motives for befriending him, but it seems like that isn't the case, so he's reassured for him.

He feels like he needs to say more.]

I dunno what you forgot, maybe it's the soldier thing, maybe it's something else, but I, uh, I mean-- I get it. How it feels to be missing something important, we'll figure this out.

[He's... trying to be reassuring.]