[ dean doesn't really know how to take that, how to react-- so he just sort of stares at her. which might be uncharacteristic of him, when he fails to throw some quip at her or even offer a smug smile. it goes on for a long moment, then he finally exhales a breath he hadn't realized he was holding in the first place. ]

...Even if someone else had found you, you can bet your pretty butt I would've busted down their door to check in on you.

[ and a smile! because it's true. if someone had come onto the network, pale-faced and mumbling the story of what had happened to her, dean wouldn't have been able to stay away. ]