Levi notices that little gesture, though says nothing about it. He realizes that he may have been too quick in his assumption that Jean has managed to move past it, with all of the training and talking they have been doing precisely to give him confidence and make sure it had as little chance as possible to happen again.

Perhaps it wasn't just Marco behind this latest bout of overachieving, too.

Levi ruffles his hair -- fur? -- between the doggy ears one more time, then finally redraws his hand. He might be picking up on Jean's worries, or maybe he just figures it won't do to leave him by himself after he's almost run into the portals by himself.

"Do you want me to walk you there?"