The surprise from the boy was a bit unexpected. Kratos hadn't thought him to be so engrossed in with searching for papers to not notice someone landing right in front of him. A miscalculation on his part.

"I apologize for startling you." He meant the apology, too. The last thing the poor guy needed right now was to get startled by some strange guy appearing out of nowhere.

If nothing else, at least this strange guy has something of value to make up for the startling. Kratos spared a quick glance at the paper. "And this would be one of the papers which had flown from your grasp." By the end of the sentence, his eyes had already returned back onto Martin.