He goes slightly tense at that first tone, wondering if he's managed to make Garrot yell at him again, and he only begins to relax once he realizes that uh yeah, this dude is throwing himself under the bus to protect Gyre's opinion of his daughter. That is... very sweet.

He makes this amused noise in his throat, smiling curiously as Garrot finishes reading from his phone. He's not mad! He definitely looks like he'd be laughing at him if he was the sort to laugh like that.

Instead, he just looks very happy, teasing in a much friendlier way then their earlier interaction probably deserves, "It's good advice. Maybe I would like her better then you. She's certainly made a better first impression~" And she isn't even here in the flesh.