[Oh, now that's definitely not the sound he wanted to hear from this. He takes a moment to think, but then just laughs. Gotta play this off with happiness.]

Well... We're not fightin' anything here, so you shouldn't have anythin' to worry about, Keiko! And I don't think he's chickenshit enough to ditch ya.

He's nice enough that he'll stay even if he gripes about it.