He nods. "Most of us do want this contact, as well. Like myself. We've adapted, you see, turned this need and want into something we can use to get by in the world."

"Then, also, there's the periodic heat we fall into. It's unavoidable, I'm afraid." He doesn't mention that he's felt his own stirring vaguely in the last day or so. No point in scaring the poor fellow.