[ That was not the reaction he was intending to have happen. Helios will pull his hand away looking stricken and out of sorts as he does so. His face grows pale as he bites his lip and rubs his left palm absently with the thumb of his right hand. ]

It-it's nothing. It-it happened a year or so ago. [ Though he looks like he wants to talk about it but at the same time it was the cause of so many horrible night terrors after it happened. And it was Giles who had done it to him, which made it even worse to remember. He'll blink a few times as he looks anywhere but at his dear friend. ]

Just another p-product of the Malnosso's tampering with us is all.