[He tries so hard not to flinch at the touch. He really does. But he tenses and makes just the littlest negative reaction anyway. He's traumatized and tired. The things said to him last night have sunk in as well, so there's some amount of confused guilt.

He might have the slightest fever, a new implant in his brain and stress and exertion to the level of last night are a lot for a body, even a young and healthy one. He's probably pretty dehydrated at this point on top of that, but the food still seems the opposite of appetizing. He doesn't say so though.]

Yeah. Nice to meet you Gaius.