[He bites his lip, listening with his full interest.

That'd do it. He's honestly not sure how he'd react if someone tormented Ned in front of him, but it — it wouldn't be pretty. He knows things like that would leave little room for anything but outrage and a desire to really just — hurt someone. Bad. He nods.]

... Right. I'll go back and check with Karen, see if she can pull up a list of all the people officially taken in by law enforcement. There should be recorded rosters of whoever was involved in the whole mess by now...

[Has he ever introduced you to Karen? No? He really should, because she's a great robot mom thing.]