"I'm going to find her, no matter what happens here." Matter-of-fact. Direct. Could be a touch callous if he could muster the energy to sound anything but detached.

And if it seems like he's implying that he doesn't really care if Pumpkin Hollow can be saved, that he would take a way out right now without fixing a thing here if it meant finding Mary, that would be because he is.

He pushes his chair back, away from the table. "I should let you get back to your reading."