As she says that, Gumshoe feels even more surprised - and touched! It's not often that he's the only person in any room who someone wants to talk to, even when he's the lead detective on a case; and, he wouldn't have expected Franziska von Karma to ever be happy about anything pleasant for him.

"Aw jeez! You really mean that, Miss Von Karma?" He takes a moment to wipe a tear from his eye. "I... I'm really happy to hear you say that, sir!!" He then quickly states that while snapping into a hasty salute.