If he had to chalk it up to anything, it would a combination thereof. She's obviously rattled. Who wouldn't be? He doesn't fault her for it in the slightest and is instead just - again - happy to be present. He'd been absent for long enough, honestly, that this feels like the least he can do.

"Not before I get a way to keep in contact with you," he responds. While ideally, he wouldn't want to leave at all either he knows she's right. This could be... detrimental to his image. To his campaign. The last thing he needs right now is journalists running with an out of context image of him hugging his bleeding friend close on the street and crying some sort of scandal.

Some days, he hates politics. Others, he's reminded of the good he's doing and it balances out. This is one of those times, however, where he'd be more inclined to leave it- He won't, but the temptation is still there.