He laughs softly at the big pretty eyes comment.

"I think he's always going to be on the lookout for it to be hard. Losing V was...it was rough on him." On Jesus, too, but he swallows that down. "I think he blames himself for V disappearing and he's worried it'll happen to you, too. It's irrational so it's not even something he can be talked out of...you know how those fears are."

The ones that just exist, regardless of logic or evidence.