He darts a quick glance round at Ianto, touched by the compliment. He knows he was far from the best leader the team could have had, even if his intentions were always good.

"Perhaps," he admits, although he doesn't really believe none of it was his fault.

And then he blinks, ridiculously blindsided by the question even though he really shouldn't have been, given the direction of his own questions. It's just that it makes him think of Saavi and Taiana and what happened to bring his most recent attempts at saving people to an abrupt end.

He forces out a teasing smile to try to cover it. "Me? I never stopped trying to save the world. What do you think I've been out there doing the last couple of years? Knitting?"