He looks down at her, moves a hand to adjust a lock of her hair, but abruptly stops midway there. Aldaras makes a complicated face, and then touches her cheek with a thumb and carefully pulls out of the protective snuggles.

"Still, sorry. The - extreme reaction to you being - not safe caught me by surprise. I knew it was important to keep you safe but I hadn't though about what would happen if you weren't." He shudders, a bit.