Assumptions all over the place. Heroic type. But not the clever heroic time. Painfully earnest too. Stephen does not look any more sympathetic was the younger man rambles his reasons out.

"Perhaps instead of making assumptions about the help a person needs when reliving a past trauma, you ask first." Because it certainly would not have been to have hands slapped over his ears.

And he's clearly capable of taking care of himself given the glowing golden bubble of magic around them. But the man had assumed him helpless instead.