[ By immediately wraps him in his arms, holding him close, tucking him in against him. It's not what Byerly usually does, of course, this sort of physical intimacy. He's too unsentimental, unromantic for it. But he suspects that it will make Prior happy, and he wants to do what will make Prior happy. He does, after all, live to serve. ]

No? Speaking of exhausting yourself. Maintaining healthy paranoia is too much, but spending every day denying your current existence, that's fine, sure...