Martin fumbled to reply, stuck between trying to dismiss the apology and regarding the paper...and the latter won out quite soundly as his eyes dropped back to it, eager to have it back now that he'd been told it was really his.

"I'm so glad," he uttered, his voice quivering in a syllable as tension began to leave him. He looked back up at Kratos, smiling gratefully as he held out a hand to take it. "Thank you so much. I was so worried..."