Rowan didn't have many brains to addle in the first place, but it was true that the hit had made him dizzy and the alien situation was only making it worse, confusing him. He assumed that the things he was hearing from Ethan's mouth weren't what Ethan was actually saying because, what?
He nodded, nodded, nodded his agreement that he wouldn't touch Ethan again, trying to pull back a little until Ethan took his face in his hand, giving him fairly mixed messages. He held his breath and whimpered quietly when Ethan licked at him, cleaning some of the blood from his face which was only replaced with yet more bleeding. He looked back at Ethan in pure blank shock, eyes huge. His mouth opened and closed a little around words that wouldn't come out because he didn't know what to say.