[ He has trouble hiding the small worry in his voice as he's saying that, but does a decent job of disguising it and rebounding from there.

A pause. Okay, Minami isn't dead, okay? It's probably him making assumptions-- (He can't lose her again, dammit.) ]

... Like something happened. You're saying you lead them, now? ... Well, she's here, so you should probably go put up with her, I know I'm sick of all of her "let's cooperate" bullshit, that's for sure.

[ He's a lying liar. He isn't; he wishes he could, to be honest. ]