"I know you hate talking about feelings and all and I'm not going to try and get myself killed for it but I just want to say that I really like it when you actually worry about me because it makes me feel important and you are important and don't be a jerk and start making fun of me again because I said this!" For someone who still looked like shit Kaine did a hell of a job getting all of that out in one breathe while simultaneously avoiding oxygen deprivation. But she added, a little quietly, "... Or at least wait two minutes and then do it."

Because fake-flirting with her right after she went and said all of that would just be cruel and unusual. But it still needed telling. He wasn't the exact source of her recovery but he had helped her focus. What should have taken a half hour took minutes and the only difference was Bert's presence. "We should really figure something out and get back."

And also avoid these implicative emotional pit falls since he didn't seem to like them very much.