Truthfully, he has barely ever spoken to Luo Binghe, only a small handful of times. They didn't meet until Dionysus's party a few months ago, and then so soon after that was when Shen Yuan died, and Luo Binghe was in mourning. He definitely would not consider himself part of 'his circle'. But he feels terrible, and he's fully aware it's not his fault, but he didn't know about something so important to his one follower here. How close might he have come to accidentally hurting Claudius. For crying out loud, he came so close to casting them both in the same damn play!

"My first question," he says, once he has words again. He takes Claudius's hands and squeezes them tightly. "is -- are you better now? He -- he can't do that to you anymore, can he?"