Logan did understand, he honestly did, but he had never paused to consider anyone might actually think he'd vanished. Hell, he hadn't even thought anyone would notice he was gone at all.

"I took Linus," he offered lamely. "I figured anyone who cared enough to look would notice that and just figure I was out. I wasn't, you know, trying to screw with you or whatever. Honest, man, I'm sorry, okay?"

And he was. Joe was one of the few people left on the island that Logan didn't go out of his way to piss off.