[He moves his hand and shifts position beside Kaveh, clasping his hands loosely together in his lap and looking off to the other side of the room.]

Fear is nothing more than the anticipation of something that has not happened yet. [It sounds so simple, he's sure, when he puts it like that. So mechanical and cold. But isn't that just how Alhaitham is? He sees little use for emotions that don't serve a purpose and fear is certainly one of those.

Not that he's been without his own anxieties in this place. Something he is learning to come to terms with.]

Whatever it is you need to say... I can't make you say it. But I will listen to whatever it is.