His eyes widened then narrowed as she spoke. The man who had decided she was worthless as she put it, irritated him. Having been in her department for a fair bit now, he had found her to be a decent head, and that was hard to find. Here at the British ministry he'd had two and they'd both been very good at their jobs.

"Ma'am, I'll do everything I can to help, in any way I can." he replied with a nod. He was sure she was hurt and needing encouragement, "And I'll use all I have of use to me to do so as well."