[one pair of hands gingerly push his emptied plate further away from himself, while the other pair unfolds and pushes himself entirely away from the table. he takes to floating, haloed in green light, which gives him a bit more height.]

Moping or musing, the mood is secondary to action. So long as energies are put toward investigating and ultimately resolving this matter, the attitude taken toward it doesn't matter quite so much, in my opinion.