"Thanks. It really does mean a lot to me knowing that. And it's helped a lot having so many people see my true form, or know what I am, and so far no one here's had any issue with any of that."

Sure, back home everyone accepted them when Massimo made it clear that no one would be hunting them, but this is a whole new world with whole new people, and Luca hadn't needed anyone to intervene to make people accept him here. Sure, there were issues with the whole vileblood thing at times, but aside from this month with the weird hunting thing going on, it usually wasn't nearly as bad as how people back home reacted to sea monsters.

"Yeah. You can do both. Talk about what's bugging you, then take a bath and relax later. Maybe get some sleep."

Because he knows Varian isn't big on sleeping. Or eating. Or just acknowledging his physical needs when he's focused on a project.