"So you have magic in your veins instead of blood." That's what it sounds to him like she's saying, at least. "Does that happen when your heartbeat quickens for other reasons? Fear, for instance?"

Without realizing he's doing it, he tilts his head a little to lean into her hand, even as he huffs in halfhearted annoyance, closing his eyes. "Everything about this place troubles me. We're all just glorified prisoners dancing to the Augur's disgusting tune. Forcing people to be intimate with each other when they don't even know each other, or...or even when they do." Stop thinking about the boar. "It's monstrous."