Sawyer's holding his breath. Despite the fact that he's seeming to be making all these moves he's terrified. And as the other looks at his scars, he sees his hand hovering and then not touching and tears start to well up. Is he too disgusting to touch? He wants to get up at first, but he feels frozen again. He lets out the breath he's holding and it's shuddering when the other finally speaks.

Oh.

His eyes are still wet but he's managing not to start crying and as the other assures him he won't hurt him he finally starts to unfreeze. He feels connected to him when he looks in his eyes. Why? He doesn't understand when he's not... really...the same person the other knows.

"Okay," he says softly. "You can touch them...they're all old," he says softly.