That's the idea, he thinks. He knows that would be the most easy way to deal with large numbers while they're less. It's also a great way to disappear and create some space between them, so once she realizes he's not within transmission distance he'll be long gone. It's stupid to just leave her with the horde that he brought on, but he gets the nagging feeling that he'll be way more trouble for her than the tinny monsters ever will be.

"Yeah."

There's probably more he could've said, or added on, but he's more clipped with his words than usual. Without adding much else to that, he starts to branch off from her path down a different corridor.