"Yeah. Thanks." It's more than he'd try for or want or even think he could get with anyone other than, well. Someone he was gonna have sex with or North. Whom he probably won't ever see again because.

Vampire.

Okay the reality of the situation might be sinking in, but words. They should be a thing. "Am I supposed to...feel you? Like a pull in the back of my head."

A desire to be near him because Locus right now means Safety. Means Protection and Security and all those little things that make his lizard brain go mellow and happy.