[He pulls a face and nods] Oh, yes ma'am. Will do, ma'am.

[But when she says that, he looks at her blankly--but then it hits him.] Oh, ohhh. Well, no--I mean, yes, I was wondering if you'd been killed, but you're you again! Obviously, else you'd be calling me 'Norm' again. Sorry 'bout all that.

[Of course, he's not thinking about the contact he made with her mind during that. He's thinking of how lousy the part of a companion he played during that. At least there weren't any Terravore this time...]