Dorian shook his head a little, more than content to sit here a while with her like this. "No, that's all right. To be honest, I probably would have insisted I didn't need it if you had asked."

He tended to shy away from physical affection on a good day, but with whatever was in the air right now, he probably would have avoided it entirely.

"People have been acting a bit strange." He'd been a bit wrapped up in his head for a while, but he had noticed people being a bit on edge. "What do you think is happening?"