Somehow he didn't expect that to come out. In a weird way. He gets stuck on the phrasing, at a loss for how to interpret it. On the one hand, he never gave her time to say anything before when he suddenly appeared. Taking advantage of their shock so they would listen to what he had to tell them. On the other, he spent a lifetime trying to find a way back to his family. He had nothing else. Nobody except Dolores to keep him company. The rest of his family is a different story. They grew distant from themselves, let alone the brother who went missing when they were kids.

After an uncomfortable stretch of silence, he decides he can't be hurt by her sincerity. So what if she didn't rush to embrace him? It's not so bad of a thing to be surprised that she cares.

"I missed you too." He says it quietly. Unsure of how to express himself, but compelled to get something on the record. While he doesn't regret the words, it twists at something painful in him, and he can only repeat them in a careful monotone. "I missed all of you."