He cocks his head at Thomas' blink. What? being the implication, though he knows pretty well what it was because he's inexperienced and out of his depth but he's not too stupid to put some pieces together. At least not to the degree working out that kind of touch isn't common in Thomas' life.

"Yeah, I figured the combination of there being exactly two of them and you thinking escape hatch meant there was a reason." Smart-ass - but a gentle one. "I've got a person or so I wouldn't mind dragging here to keep safe. Not sure I could settle that far, though."