He doesn't really care to admit how much that means to him to hear. Earnest praise from Lahabrea was not a common thing and the man rarely ever says anything he doesn't absolutely mean.

"It's all right. We all had our duties to attend to, and from what I understand now, you were right where you needed to be." He doesn't quite fully understand the intention of Venat's design, nor her reasoning, but he does know that at the very least, the star was eventually saved thanks to Obsidian's efforts, and their own. In the most roundabout way possible, naturally.