At least she wasn't scared. A lack of fear after hearing that is a good sign, right? Even better there wasn't any disgust. This could have gone worse. He smiles, still anxious, but not quite as much so, "I mean, y-you know how snakes c-can also see heat? I-it's kinda like that, but w-with bad feelings. Th-things like apparent texture c-can tell me what they are before I try eating it." He blushes a little, "So, I c-can see if you're feeling anything bad, but d-don't worry about it if you d-do because that's just another shadow and th-then I feel bad th-that I've gotten someone uncomfortable 'c-'cause that's a thing shadow eaters'd e-end up doing sometimes..." He stops for a second to breathe, "H-honestly it's m-mostly me that does that."

He keeps smiling sheepishly, rushing past his awkward admission, "But I g-guess it's most similar t-ta eating jello through a straw. E-easier the weaker the emotion is, though Mikel, a f-friend from home says even stronger ones g-get easy if you j-just keep eating mostly those." His smile falters, "B-but, you feel that feeling." And it fades out, "And if you c-can't keep it controlled for a bit, I guess it's like you start choking. So it c-can hurt, but just th-the person eating."

There's a soft sigh and he's smiling again weakly, "But the other person just s-stops feeling that for a while. It s-seems to need ta build back up, and does that b-best when you're not dwelling on whatever c-caused it. P-probably because it's harder t-ta shift out of thinking about it logically while you're still thinking that way? It's j-just a guess."