He laughs, warm and legitimately amused at being on the receiving end of what amounts to his own flattery. "Good thing I was warned there'd be a few of 'me' around. Might have been overcome by all the prettiness."

He's not being entirely serious, but there's some honesty there, anyway. The warning was a good thing, because this is... a little odd, even for him. Paradoxes and timelines and all.