Mikey grins with the pat. It was familiar and natural and made him feel like a kid back home in the sewers again. Something he was really needing again.

He hated a lot of things about their most recent mission to rescue Anemone, not least of all how their journey through the sewers has tainted his memory of home.

He was caught a little off guard by Donnie's inquiry. Out of the two brothers he had here, Donnie was the least likely to ask about how he was doing. It wasn't totally out of the picture (as the purple turtle has just so graciously proven) and it wasn't the whole reason Mikey had called to him to aid. Still a little surprising none the less and Mikey's expression flickers a moment before he is grinning again.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I mean. That last mission wasn't great but we all made it out and we're all alive and mostly unharmed so it's not all that much different from anything back in earth, right?"

He hoped Donnie wouldn't pick up on the strain in his voice.

He holds out his hand. "Here, let me see if I can get past this next bit. I'll beat the next boss like a breeze now."