It's grounding, her gaze, and the warmth of it does a fair bit to settle his nerves. She wasn't just teasing him, although he had no doubt that was at least half the reason they were talking about this. He thinks they should stop, is what he was going to say, but what exactly should they be stopping? He swallows, clearly uncomfortable, but she's right, he has no intention of running off.

"You've really never wondered about those kinds of things?"