...it's not that I dislike it. I'm just unaccustomed to being touched so casually.

[Jeralt had been the only one to touch him in non-threatening ways: shoulder pats, nudges or hair ruffles. Shez, as well, would pat him like he was a horse - in a friendly way, though. While Byleth had become acclimatised to that, he was still surprised whenever Dimitri or Claude (as his mystery masq date) touched him.]

The majority of those who get this close to me are enemies on the battlefield. A part of me expects pain.