"I appreciate the warning, but I don't mind snakes at all."

They reminded him of someone who was normally always at his side...He'd been feeling her absence more strongly than he expected to. There's no time to dwell on that, though. He went back to the rubble to continue digging the other victim out, keeping an eye on Naomi out of the corner of his eye. If he needed to cover her, he'd be up in a flash.