For a moment he fights not to tense. It's hard to be okay with the contact when so much is already dredging up thoughts he doesn't want to have. But he's here for her and that means doing what he can to help her cope with this place and what they're going through.

"Oh, let's be certain of one thing. He most likely already has. We just have to hope none of it is so bad we can't mitigate it when we find a way out."

Like he hasn't been thrown into the Army like they had once before feared.