There's a long pause before it but he does eventually take the hand, pulling himself up to his feet. He doesn't look up at Louie though, his head staying down, eyes downcast.

"It's dumb. I- I thought I had control of this...!" A sharp gesture around him. "Then- then I came back, and discovered how much you'd evolved, how much you'd grown." That's when he looked up, eyes wide and almost panicked. "Which is great! I'm not saying that it isn't!"

He breathed in, sighed, walked past Louie. "...I'm upset I missed it, is all. I'm upset that- that everything you've got is everything I ever wanted to see you or Dewey achieve! And I'm just upset- no, mad -that I don't feel like I have a place anymore!"

Huey stiffened a moment, but was able to pull himself back with a calming breath. Seven seconds, four seconds, eleven seconds. Okay. "...Which is dumb. The dumbest thing I've ever said. So go ahead, make fun of me for it. Get it over with."