In the beginning it can be. [ She's honest, not wanting — or planning — to sugar-coat anything. At the very least he needs to know things, he should know, and there's no benefit to not being honest.

Would some of the others agree? She doesn't know and doesn't care. ]

Eventually it won't be. In time it gets easier, and you can gain more control over the change.

[ It's reluctantly that she draws her hand back, sensing the need for comfort in a way she hasn't really before, not on this level. But she also knows he's been through a lot and she'd be lying if she said there wasn't a part of her still a little weary, waiting for him to try and lash out or fight. ]

Once you feel up to it, I can take you out of here. You'll want more rest no doubt, but we need to get you some new clothes, and food.

[ Even she could feel starved after a shift so she can only imagine how hungry he might feel once he has an appetite. ]