Don't worry about the notes. I mean, it's nice to have a backup, but if I don't catch something then that's on me.

( for now. these meetings are about to get real rough when he loses his hearing though... maybe he should work on lip reading too? )

It's more like... I just wanted to see how you were doing. Usually you're pretty good at sticking around 'til the end, so I wondered if something might've happened to make you need to step out.

( is that awkward? probably, yeah. he's not really the best at something like comforting people, but... he does care. )