He had to take a moment to gather his words, a response he did not expect to make today had already been given and another one was already here, begging an answer. Sadie regardless of if she knew it or not, could make a trained speaker have to find his tongue. Although he liked to think himself well read, Sadie likely had him beat word for word by a decent margin. "I'm not sure, good for certain but I feel like doesn't do it justice." he responded, adjusting himself to keep facing her properly.
He wasn't going anywhere, at least as far as she was concerned anyway. Sadly he couldn't help where work would take him, but he could always return here when he could. He also wasn't the most familiar with how the whole bonding process worked to begin with, he quite honestly never considered it a possibility and thusly never looked into it. He just knew it was supposed to be a big deal and it should be treated as such. "I trust you Sadie. I'll follow your lead and go with your call." He smiled trying to look more confident than he was, more uncertain of what to do next as internally, he felt a little frazzled. Excited, in more than one way, and happy absolutely, but more than a little lost at sea with her being the lighthouse on a foggy night.