[Momo is very much the type to struggle with accepting concern, so her refusal to look up at him is something he assumes might be similar at first glance. Still, he's not going to take that as a reason to stop expressing it.

Nor does he quite let her brush it off completely with that call back to work, though he does offer a smile that might have just a touch of knowing to it.]

I'd be happy to hear you out more. But I guess it'd be a bad look for the public if they think we're just chatting behind the table, so I see your point.

[He punctuates that note about public image with a bit of a wink. Even if a lot of people are sour towards Patho-Gen, that's not on the other locals.]