"N-no, that's-" Smooth, Hershel. He honestly has no idea what to say and kind of deer and headlighted it for a minute. After that fun minute he sighed, rubbing the side of his neck uncomfortably. "Sorry, it's just been a long day, I suppose. It's not a lot of work, it's just... necessary."

And he glanced at Heiji. "Thank you for-" Trying. Even though that didn't really work and he didn't really want to go punching Alfendi in the wound to see if maybe that'd work better. "-helping."