Slowly, his gaze drops and he stares to the ground there.

"Yeah..." He knows one day Alfred will... leave, he just... doesn't want to think about that — doesn't want it to be anytime soon. He still needs him. So much more than he's maybe ever conveyed to the other man, though he hopes he knows... but it's not enough to just hope he does.

He needs to fix things — let him know, if he goes back to his Gotham. If he's still able to let him know.