[Yikes. He can imagine. He has no sense of spiritual energy or anything of the sort but he can't imagine this being easier on people like Rei who are sensitive to that sort of thing. Bad things are coming and they can't stop them. They're dealing in two different ways. His own mask is tied to his waist and pointedly facing the other way.

She's not wrong. The choice not to bring Baymax was deliberate and a way of saying he wasn't going to hide behind him or try to have him excuse his behavior. At the same time the hood makes him more comfortable and it's only been a few hours since he fell apart on Yu. He knows better than to fall apart on Rei, too.

At least he's able to look up at her then.]

Do you want the bullet points version or...everything? [He sighs quietly.] I'm still sort of piecing everything together myself. The short version? I panicked and it kinda escalated from there.