Cassian opens his mouth at the touch, closes it, debates saying nothing and then goes: to hell with it. He spent an entire lifetime being shut off and lying about everything and besides, he knows that she didn't really mean it. Obviously. Because now she's reaching out and trying. So he gives her an awkward half smile, more honest than most expressions, and sighs.

"It's weird, actually. My boss is this bizarre eccentric with anxiety issues and my coworker can turn into a raven. And there's family. Then people keep getting hurt, and forgetting things, and I hate not knowing what's really going on."

A child approaches this time, and Cassian slips into the Wayward Pines persona again, like wearing a mask.