If there's any recognition on his part, it doesn't seem to show. Maybe recent events were just that tiring, or it didn't stick in memory or .. who knows, either way he doesn't seem hostile or suspicious about her.

"No," he admits slowly. "I'm just having trouble focusing. Doodling sometimes helps. And then it became about doodling. Maybe we do need an art car."

Then he could be doodling with oil paint and making a mess EVERYWHERE.