[ He can feel the pressure of it, at least. He's still quite shy about her touching him - similar to how he'd first been about his right arm. Worried his scarred, deformed, cyborg body would be rejected. But he has scar treating pressure garments on under his clothing, and it's thick enough to pad out some of it. And he's still - at least around her - himself to pick her up of the ground so she can wrap her arms around his next. ]

I want him here. With us.