[... ah. It may only be a bit more closed off, but he can still tell. In combination with Beat's words, it makes Josh pause, smile slipping into something a bit more... perplexed. It's all the softness instilled by caring for another version of him, surely. Any other Beat would probably have good reason to punch him in the face, much less want to be friends.

It's weird. Foreign. Being punched in the face, or at least an attempt at such, would be easier for him to understand.]

It's hardly about me. You're welcome to stick around if you'd like.

[It's hard to avoid anyone in a place this small anyway. Especially when one party has the nose of a bloodhound.]

It may even be beneficial to stick together. After all, today's exploration went well. Who knows what else we might find?