[Julian's face is its' typical unexpressive near-blank, but there's something telling about the way his eyes only briefly meet Goro's. He stops fiddling with the feathers, fingers going still.]

People don't like me. Even when they think I'm human, I mess things up. I don't really know how to act human well enough for people to put up with me, and when I do find people who can deal with me, they leave when they realize I have mental health issues. And that's when they don't have any reason to think of me as a burden. Here, since I can't fight, I am one.

[He's fine. This is fine. See all this eye contact he's forcing himself to make like a normal person? He's okay. Just don't ask his therapist if he is.]