"I wasn't expecting some kind of ... ninja," Matt allows, more seriously and with a nod. Never mind the fact that he's probably technically a ninja, himself. He really wasn't expecting that and before it, he was doing pretty well, plus or minus ending up in the dumpster a couple of times.

"But, yeah, okay." A beat and then, with equal sincerity, "Thanks."

He wasn't fishing for praise, there, but he'll take it.