[ Really, even before the asylum, his parents weren't the type to care very much for his comfort. He was a tool more than a person, more than their child. He's just a means to an end and even now to himself that's all he is, a means to an end of preventing the apocalypse -- not a person or individual.
He tenses slightly when she touches him. It's not that she hurt him but touch isn't a commonality and in his experience has been a largely negative thing. He doesn't pull away instantly but he doesn't let it linger too long before he pulls his arm back away from her hand, still appearing a bit tenser than before. ]
Alex, don't ask questions you know the answer to and wish you were going to get a different one.
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He tenses slightly when she touches him. It's not that she hurt him but touch isn't a commonality and in his experience has been a largely negative thing. He doesn't pull away instantly but he doesn't let it linger too long before he pulls his arm back away from her hand, still appearing a bit tenser than before. ]
Alex, don't ask questions you know the answer to and wish you were going to get a different one.