"Hm?" He looks up at Varian, still dazed like he's waking up out of a dream. "Oh. Yeah. Thanks for stepping in, by the way! I mean, obviously I got out of it okay in the real course of events, too."

Considering he's alive an everything.

"But it was still really nice to see you standing up for us and everything! Even if I didn't remember you in the...memory? I guess?"

It doesn't seem like as much of a memory when it's diverted that much from the original course.